Which to use
“violence” is a noun and “violentes” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,463
- “violence” frequency rank
- #8,481
- “violentes” frequency rank
- 9944
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | violence | violentes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Impétuosité ; force non contenue. | Féminin pluriel de violent. |
Where the eye mixes violence and violentes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. violence runs 8 letters (CVVCVCCV) against violentes's 9 (CVVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between violence and violentes
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: violence is \vjɔ.lɑ̃s\ while violentes is \vjɔ.lɑ̃t\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9944, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
violence is recorded at frequency rank #1,463, classified as anoun, pronounced \vjɔ.lɑ̃s\. violentes is at rank #8,481, tagged as anadj, pronounced \vjɔ.lɑ̃t\.
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 9944, this pair ranks #414,835 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of violence vs violentes
Shared letters: eilnov. Private to "violence": c. Private to "violentes": st.
"violence" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVCCV · "violentes" · 9 letters · shape CVVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "violence" and "violentes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "violence" or "violentes"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "violence" and "violentes" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "violence" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "violentes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #414,835 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "violence" and "violentes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "violentes vs virulentes". 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 #414,835 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.