Which to use
“violette” is a noun and “violettes” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #12,281
- “violette” frequency rank
- #28,401
- “violettes” frequency rank
- 40682
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | violette | violettes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Plante herbacée vivace de la famille des violacées appartenant au genre Viola. | Féminin pluriel de violet. |
Same sound, different letters: violette vs violettes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. violette runs 8 letters (CVVCVCCV) against violettes's 9 (CVVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - violette / violettes
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: violette and violettes carry the same recorded pronunciation, \vjɔ.lɛt\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “violette” sits inside “violettes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40682, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
violette is recorded at frequency rank #12,281, classified as anoun, pronounced \vjɔ.lɛt\. violettes is at rank #28,401, tagged as anadj, pronounced \vjɔ.lɛt\.
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 40682, this pair ranks #238,735 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of violette vs violettes
Shared letters: eilotv. Private to "violette": -. Private to "violettes": s.
"violette" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVCCV · "violettes" · 9 letters · shape CVVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "violette" for "violettes" ever safe?
Frequency check: "violette" vs "violettes" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "violette" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "violettes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #238,735 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "violette" and "violettes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "violetta vs violettes". 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 #238,735 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.