Which to use
“abeilles” is a noun and “Antilles” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,923
- “abeilles” frequency rank
- #9,598
- “Antilles” frequency rank
- 17521
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | abeilles | Antilles |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de abeille. | Ensemble d’îles, situé dans la mer des Caraïbes, dans le golfe du Mexique (cayos cubains) et dans l'océan Atlantique et bordé au sud par l’Amérique du Sud, à l'ouest par la péninsule du Yucatán et au nord-ouest par la Floride. |
Where the eye mixes abeilles and Antilles
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: abeilles vs Antilles
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: abeilles is \a.bɛj\ while Antilles is \ɑ̃.tij\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs name), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17521, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
abeilles is recorded at frequency rank #7,923, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.bɛj\. Antilles is at rank #9,598, tagged as aname, pronounced \ɑ̃.tij\.
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 17521, this pair ranks #382,758 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of abeilles vs Antilles
Shared letters: aeils. Private to "abeilles": b. Private to "Antilles": nt.
"abeilles" · 8 letters · shape VCVVCCVC · "Antilles" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "abeilles" and "Antilles" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "abeilles" or "Antilles" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "abeilles" and "Antilles" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "abeilles" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Antilles" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #382,758 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "abeilles" and "Antilles" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "anguilles vs Antilles". 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 #382,758 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.