Which to use
“acrobates” and “acrobaties” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #46,557
- “acrobates” frequency rank
- #41,627
- “acrobaties” frequency rank
- 88184
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | acrobates | acrobaties |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de acrobate. | Pluriel de acrobatie. |
Where the eye mixes acrobates and acrobaties
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. acrobates runs 9 letters (VCCVCVCVC) against acrobaties's 10 (VCCVCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between acrobates and acrobaties
A purely visual mix-up. acrobates (\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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 88184, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
acrobates is recorded at frequency rank #46,557, 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 88184, this pair ranks #7,304 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of acrobates vs acrobaties
Shared letters: abceorst. Private to "acrobates": -. Private to "acrobaties": i.
"acrobates" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCVC · "acrobaties" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- acrobates ← accrobates · acorbates · acrboates · acroabtes · acrobaets · acrobatess · acrobatse · acrobattes
- acrobaties ← accrobaties · acorbaties · acrboaties · acroabties · acrobaites · acrobateis · acrobatiess · acrobatise
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "acrobates" and "acrobaties" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "acrobates" or "acrobaties"?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "acrobates" 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 #7,304 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "acrobates" and "acrobaties" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acrobate vs acrobates". 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 #7,304 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.