Which to use
“acrobate” and “acrobaties” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #41,626
- “acrobate” frequency rank
- #41,627
- “acrobaties” frequency rank
- 83253
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | acrobate | acrobaties |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Artiste de cirque, danseur, (ou danseuse) de corde qui exécute des tours d’agilité devant un public populaire. | Pluriel de acrobatie. |
Where the eye mixes acrobate and acrobaties
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. acrobate runs 8 letters (VCCVCVCV) against acrobaties's 10 (VCCVCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: acrobate vs acrobaties
A purely visual mix-up. acrobate (\a.kʁɔ.bat\) and acrobaties (\a.kʁɔ.ba.si\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 83253, 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\. acrobaties is at rank #41,627, tagged as anoun, pronounced \a.kʁɔ.ba.si\.
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 83253, this pair ranks #15,182 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of acrobate vs acrobaties
Shared letters: abceort. Private to "acrobate": -. Private to "acrobaties": is.
"acrobate" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV · "acrobaties" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- acrobate ← accrobate · acorbate · acrboate · acroabte · acrobaet · acrobatte · acrobbate · acrobtae
- acrobaties ← accrobaties · acorbaties · acrboaties · acroabties · acrobaites · acrobateis · acrobatiess · acrobatise
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "acrobate" and "acrobaties" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "acrobate" or "acrobaties"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "acrobate" and "acrobaties" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "acrobate" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "acrobaties" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #15,182 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "acrobate" and "acrobaties" 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 #15,182 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.