Which to use
“acrobate” and “acrobates” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #41,626
- “acrobate” frequency rank
- #46,557
- “acrobates” frequency rank
- 88183
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | acrobate | acrobates |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Artiste de cirque, danseur, (ou danseuse) de corde qui exécute des tours d’agilité devant un public populaire. | Pluriel de acrobate. |
Same sound, different letters: acrobate vs acrobates
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. acrobate runs 8 letters (VCCVCVCV) against acrobates's 9 (VCCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - acrobate / acrobates
This is the hard kind. acrobate and acrobates are pronounced identically (\a.kʁɔ.bat\) 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) - “acrobate” sits inside “acrobates”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 88183, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
acrobate is recorded at frequency rank #41,626, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.kʁɔ.bat\. acrobates is at rank #46,557, tagged as anoun, pronounced \a.kʁɔ.bat\.
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 88183, this pair ranks #7,307 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of acrobate vs acrobates
Shared letters: abceort. Private to "acrobate": -. Private to "acrobates": s.
"acrobate" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV · "acrobates" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "acrobate" and "acrobates" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "acrobate" or "acrobates"?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "acrobate" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "acrobates" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #7,307 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "acrobate" and "acrobates" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acrobates vs acrobaties". 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 #7,307 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.