Which to use
“Vedette” is a name and “vedettes” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,129
- “Vedette” frequency rank
- #16,033
- “vedettes” frequency rank
- 23162
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Vedette | vedettes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nom donné à une série de voitures françaises de haut de gamme produites par Ford France, puis par Simca, de 1948 à 1961. | Pluriel de vedette. |
Same sound, different letters: Vedette vs vedettes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. Vedette runs 7 letters (CVCVCCV) against vedettes's 8 (CVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: Vedette vs vedettes
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: Vedette and vedettes carry the same recorded pronunciation, \və.dɛt\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is aname, the other anoun, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “Vedette” sits inside “vedettes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23162, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Vedette is recorded at frequency rank #7,129, classified as aname, pronounced \və.dɛt\. vedettes is at rank #16,033, tagged as anoun, pronounced \və.dɛt\.
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 23162, this pair ranks #354,016 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Vedette vs vedettes
Shared letters: detv. Private to "Vedette": -. Private to "vedettes": s.
"Vedette" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV · "vedettes" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "Vedette" and "vedettes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "Vedette" or "vedettes"?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "Vedette" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "vedettes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #354,016 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Vedette" and "vedettes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Vedette vs Vénétie". 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 #354,016 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.