Which to use
“vivante” is a noun and “vivantes” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #6,044
- “vivante” frequency rank
- #13,712
- “vivantes” frequency rank
- 19756
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | vivante | vivantes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Femme en vie. | Féminin pluriel de vivant. |
Same sound, different letters: vivante vs vivantes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. vivante runs 7 letters (CVCVCCV) against vivantes's 8 (CVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: vivante vs vivantes
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: vivante and vivantes carry the same recorded pronunciation, \vi.vɑ̃t\. 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) - “vivante” sits inside “vivantes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19756, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
vivante is recorded at frequency rank #6,044, classified as anoun, pronounced \vi.vɑ̃t\. vivantes is at rank #13,712, tagged as anadj, pronounced \vi.vɑ̃t\.
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 19756, this pair ranks #371,720 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of vivante vs vivantes
Shared letters: aeintv. Private to "vivante": -. Private to "vivantes": s.
"vivante" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV · "vivantes" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "vivante" / "vivantes". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "vivante" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "vivantes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #371,720 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "vivante" and "vivantes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vivaces vs vivantes". 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 #371,720 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.