Which to use
“vitale” and “vitales” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,880
- “vitale” frequency rank
- #24,436
- “vitales” frequency rank
- 36316
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | vitale | vitales |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de vital. | Féminin pluriel de vital. |
Same sound, different letters: vitale vs vitales
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - vitale / vitales
This is the hard kind. vitale and vitales are pronounced identically (\vi.tal\) 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) - “vitale” sits inside “vitales”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36316, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
vitale is recorded at frequency rank #11,880, classified as anadj, pronounced \vi.tal\. vitales is at rank #24,436, tagged as anadj, pronounced \vi.tal\.
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 36316, this pair ranks #270,460 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of vitale vs vitales
Shared letters: aeiltv. Private to "vitale": -. Private to "vitales": s.
"vitale" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "vitales" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "vitale" and "vitales" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "vitale" or "vitales"?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "vitale" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "vitales" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #270,460 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "vitale" and "vitales" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vitales vs Vitali". 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 #270,460 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.