Which to use
“viande” and “viandes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,551
- “viande” frequency rank
- #11,878
- “viandes” frequency rank
- 14429
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | viande | viandes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Toute nourriture, carnée ou non. | Pluriel de viande. |
Same sound, different letters: viande vs viandes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - viande and viandes
This is the hard kind. viande and viandes are pronounced identically (\vjɑ̃d\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “viande” sits inside “viandes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14429, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
viande is recorded at frequency rank #2,551, classified as anoun, pronounced \vjɑ̃d\. viandes is at rank #11,878, tagged as anoun, pronounced \vjɑ̃d\.
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 14429, this pair ranks #396,704 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of viande vs viandes
Shared letters: adeinv. Private to "viande": -. Private to "viandes": s.
"viande" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV · "viandes" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "viande" and "viandes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "viande" or "viandes"?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "viande" / "viandes". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "viande" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "viandes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #396,704 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "viande" and "viandes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "viandes vs Vianney". 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 #396,704 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.