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“vaillante” and “vaillants” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #49,996
- “vaillante” frequency rank
- #35,766
- “vaillants” frequency rank
- 85762
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | vaillante | vaillants |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de vaillant. | Masculin pluriel de vaillant. |
Where the eye mixes vaillante and vaillants
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. vaillante (CVVCCVCCV) and vaillants (CVVCCVCCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between vaillante and vaillants
A purely visual mix-up. vaillante (\va.jɑ̃t\) and vaillants (\va.jɑ̃\) 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 “vaillante” becomes s in “vaillants”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 85762, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
vaillante is recorded at frequency rank #49,996, classified as anadj, pronounced \va.jɑ̃t\. vaillants is at rank #35,766, tagged as anadj, pronounced \va.jɑ̃\.
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 85762, this pair ranks #10,787 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of vaillante vs vaillants
Shared letters: ailntv. Private to "vaillante": e. Private to "vaillants": s.
"vaillante" · 9 letters · shape CVVCCVCCV · "vaillants" · 9 letters · shape CVVCCVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "vaillante" and "vaillants" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "vaillante" or "vaillants"?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "vaillante" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "vaillants" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #10,787 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "vaillante" and "vaillants" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vaillance vs vaillante". 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 #10,787 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.