Which to use
“vacante” and “vacants” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #37,597
- “vacante” frequency rank
- #20,310
- “vacants” frequency rank
- 57907
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | vacante | vacants |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de vacant. | Masculin pluriel de vacant. |
Where the eye mixes vacante and vacants
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. vacante (CVCVCCV) and vacants (CVCVCCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: vacante vs vacants
A purely visual mix-up. vacante (\va.kɑ̃t\) and vacants (\va.kɑ̃\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - e in “vacante” becomes s in “vacants”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57907, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
vacante is recorded at frequency rank #37,597, classified as anadj, pronounced \va.kɑ̃t\. vacants is at rank #20,310, tagged as anadj, pronounced \va.kɑ̃\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 57907, this pair ranks #112,215 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of vacante vs vacants
Shared letters: acntv. Private to "vacante": e. Private to "vacants": s.
"vacante" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV · "vacants" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "vacante" for "vacants" ever safe?
Which is more common, "vacante" or "vacants"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "vacante" and "vacants" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "vacante" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "vacants" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #112,215 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "vacante" and "vacants" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vacante vs vacuité". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #112,215 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.