vulnérabilitévsvulnérabilitésWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“vulnérabilité” and “vulnérabilités” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#16,037
“vulnérabilité” frequency rank
#41,599
“vulnérabilités” frequency rank
57636
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature vulnérabilité vulnérabilités
Definition Caractère de ce qui est vulnérable. Pluriel de vulnérabilité.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set vulnérabilité and vulnérabilités apart are highlighted. They share 13 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

13 ch
vulnérabilité
14 ch
vulnérabilités

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

This is the hard kind. vulnérabilité and vulnérabilités are pronounced identically (\vyl.ne.ʁa.bi.li.te\) and both work as anoun. 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) - “vulnérabilité” sits inside “vulnérabilités”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57636, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

vulnérabilité is recorded at frequency rank #16,037, classified as anoun, pronounced \vyl.ne.ʁa.bi.li.te\. vulnérabilités is at rank #41,599, tagged as anoun, pronounced \vyl.ne.ʁa.bi.li.te\.

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 57636, this pair ranks #113,851 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of vulnérabilité vs vulnérabilités

Shared letters: abilnrtuvé. Private to "vulnérabilité": -. Private to "vulnérabilités": s.

"vulnérabilité" · 13 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVCVCV  ·  "vulnérabilités" · 14 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVCVCVC

Frequency comparison

vulnérabilité#16,037
vulnérabilités#41,599

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "vulnérabilité" and "vulnérabilités" be used interchangeably?
No. They are pronounced the same (\vyl.ne.ʁa.bi.li.te\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Which is more common, "vulnérabilité" or "vulnérabilités"?
"vulnérabilité" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,037 in our French list, against #41,599 for "vulnérabilités". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering vulnérabilité vs vulnérabilités

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list