Which to use
“violent” and “violentes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,970
- “violent” frequency rank
- #8,481
- “violentes” frequency rank
- 12451
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | violent | violentes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est impétueux, qui agit avec impétuosité, avec une force non contenue, en parlant des évènements, des choses ou des personnes et de leurs actes. | Féminin pluriel de violent. |
Where the eye mixes violent and violentes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses violent with violentes
A purely visual mix-up. violent (\vjɔ.lɑ̃\) and violentes (\vjɔ.lɑ̃t\) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “violent” sits inside “violentes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12451, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
violent is recorded at frequency rank #3,970, classified as anadj, pronounced \vjɔ.lɑ̃\. 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 12451, this pair ranks #405,227 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of violent vs violentes
Shared letters: eilnotv. Private to "violent": -. Private to "violentes": s.
"violent" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCC · "violentes" · 9 letters · shape CVVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "violent" and "violentes" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "violent" or "violentes"?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "violent" 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 #405,227 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "violent" 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 #405,227 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.