Which to use
“virulente” and “virulents” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #32,233
- “virulente” frequency rank
- #38,601
- “virulents” frequency rank
- 70834
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | virulente | virulents |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de virulent. | Masculin pluriel de virulent. |
Where the eye mixes virulente and virulents
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between virulente and virulents
A purely visual mix-up. virulente (\vi.ʁy.lɑ̃t\) and virulents (\vi.ʁy.lɑ̃\) 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 a single letter - e in “virulente” becomes s in “virulents”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 70834, 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\. virulents is at rank #38,601, tagged as anadj, pronounced \vi.ʁy.lɑ̃\.
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 70834, this pair ranks #49,814 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of virulente vs virulents
Shared letters: eilnrtuv. Private to "virulente": -. Private to "virulents": s.
"virulente" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCCV · "virulents" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "virulente" and "virulents" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "virulente" or "virulents"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "virulente" and "virulents" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "virulente" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "virulents" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #49,814 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "virulente" and "virulents" 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 #49,814 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.