aiglesvsangleTell them apart

Which to use

“aigles” and “angle” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#16,798
“aigles” frequency rank
#2,754
“angle” frequency rank
19552
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature aigles angle
Definition Pluriel de aigle. Espace entre deux lignes ou deux plans qui se croisent ; inclinaison d’une ligne par rapport à une autre ; se mesure en degrés, en grades ou en radians.

Where the eye mixes aigles and angle

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

6 ch
aigles
5 ch
angle

Look-alike desk: aigles vs angle

A purely visual mix-up. aigles (\ɛɡl\) and angle (\ɑ̃ɡl\) 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 19552, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

aigles is recorded at frequency rank #16,798, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɛɡl\. angle is at rank #2,754, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɑ̃ɡl\.

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 19552, this pair ranks #372,701 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of aigles vs angle

Shared letters: aegl. Private to "aigles": is. Private to "angle": n.

"aigles" · 6 letters · shape VVCCVC  ·  "angle" · 5 letters · shape VCCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • aiglesaigels · aiggles · aigless · aiglles · aiglse · ailges · iagles
  • angleagnle · anggle · anglle · anlge · anngle · nagle

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "aigles" and "angle" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\ɛɡl\ versus \ɑ̃ɡl\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "aigles" vs "angle" - which ranks higher?
"angle" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,754 in our French list, against #16,798 for "aigles". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "aigles" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "angle" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #372,701 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "aigles" and "angle" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "aigles vs ainés". 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 #372,701 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list