Which to use
“virulente” and “virulentes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #32,233
- “virulente” frequency rank
- #42,681
- “virulentes” frequency rank
- 74914
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | virulente | virulentes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de virulent. | Féminin pluriel de virulent. |
Same sound, different letters: virulente vs virulentes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. virulente runs 9 letters (CVCVCVCCV) against virulentes's 10 (CVCVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - virulente / virulentes
This is the hard kind. virulente and virulentes are pronounced identically (\vi.ʁy.lɑ̃t\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “virulente” sits inside “virulentes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 74914, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
virulente is recorded at frequency rank #32,233, classified as anadj, pronounced \vi.ʁy.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 74914, this pair ranks #35,659 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of virulente vs virulentes
Shared letters: eilnrtuv. Private to "virulente": -. Private to "virulentes": s.
"virulente" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCCV · "virulentes" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- virulente ← ivrulente · virluente · virrulente · viruelnte · virulenet · virulennte · virulentte · viruletne
- virulentes ← ivrulentes · virluentes · virrulentes · viruelntes · virulenets · virulenntes · virulentess · virulentse
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "virulente" and "virulentes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "virulente" or "virulentes" show up more?
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 "virulente" 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 #35,659 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "virulente" 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 #35,659 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.