Which to use
“violences” is a noun and “violentes” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,748
- “violences” frequency rank
- #8,481
- “violentes” frequency rank
- 11229
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | violences | violentes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de violence. | Féminin pluriel de violent. |
Where the eye mixes violences and violentes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between violences and violentes
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: violences is \vjɔ.lɑ̃s\ while violentes is \vjɔ.lɑ̃t\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - c in “violences” becomes t in “violentes”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11229, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
violences is recorded at frequency rank #2,748, 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 11229, this pair ranks #409,934 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of violences vs violentes
Shared letters: eilnosv. Private to "violences": c. Private to "violentes": t.
"violences" · 9 letters · shape CVVCVCCVC · "violentes" · 9 letters · shape CVVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "violences" and "violentes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "violences" or "violentes" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "violences" 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 #409,934 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "violences" 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 #409,934 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.