Which to use
“violentes” and “virulentes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,481
- “violentes” frequency rank
- #42,681
- “virulentes” frequency rank
- 51162
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | violentes | virulentes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de violent. | Féminin pluriel de virulent. |
Where the eye mixes violentes and virulentes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. violentes runs 9 letters (CVVCVCCVC) against virulentes's 10 (CVCVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: violentes vs virulentes
A purely visual mix-up. violentes (\vjɔ.lɑ̃t\) and virulentes (\vi.ʁy.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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51162, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
violentes is recorded at frequency rank #8,481, classified as anadj, pronounced \vjɔ.lɑ̃t\. virulentes is at rank #42,681, tagged as anadj, pronounced \vi.ʁy.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 51162, this pair ranks #157,100 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of violentes vs virulentes
Shared letters: eilnstv. Private to "violentes": o. Private to "virulentes": ru.
"violentes" · 9 letters · shape CVVCVCCVC · "virulentes" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- violentes ← ivolentes · viloentes · vioelntes · violenets · violenntes · violentess · violentse · violenttes
- virulentes ← ivrulentes · virluentes · virrulentes · viruelntes · virulenets · virulenntes · virulentess · virulentse
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "violentes" and "virulentes" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "violentes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "virulentes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #157,100 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "violentes" and "virulentes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "virulentes vs virulents". 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 #157,100 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.