Which to use
“abominable” and “abominables” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,036
- “abominable” frequency rank
- #44,281
- “abominables” frequency rank
- 64317
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | abominable | abominables |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est en horreur ; qui mérite d’être tenu en horreur. | Pluriel de abominable. |
Same sound, different letters: abominable vs abominables
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters. abominable runs 10 letters (VCVCVCVCCV) against abominables's 11 (VCVCVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: abominable vs abominables
This is the hard kind. abominable and abominables are pronounced identically (\a.bɔ.mi.nabl\) 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) - “abominable” sits inside “abominables”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64317, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
abominable is recorded at frequency rank #20,036, classified as anadj, pronounced \a.bɔ.mi.nabl\. abominables is at rank #44,281, tagged as anadj, pronounced \a.bɔ.mi.nabl\.
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 64317, this pair ranks #77,643 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of abominable vs abominables
Shared letters: abeilmno. Private to "abominable": -. Private to "abominables": s.
"abominable" · 10 letters · shape VCVCVCVCCV · "abominables" · 11 letters · shape VCVCVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- abominable ← abbominable · abmoinable · aboimnable · abomianble · abominabble · abominabel · abominablle · abominalbe
- abominables ← abbominables · abmoinables · aboimnables · abomianbles · abominabbles · abominabels · abominabless · abominablles
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "abominable" for "abominables" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "abominable" or "abominables" show up more?
What to do next
"abominable" and "abominables" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "abominable" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "abominables" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #77,643 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "abominable" and "abominables" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "abdominales vs abominables". 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 #77,643 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.