Which to use
“ailé” is an adjective and “angle” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #38,126
- “ailé” frequency rank
- #2,754
- “angle” frequency rank
- 40880
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ailé | angle |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui possède des ailes. | 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 ailé and angle
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: ailé vs angle
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: ailé is \ɛ.le\ while angle is \ɑ̃ɡl\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40880, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ailé is recorded at frequency rank #38,126, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɛ.le\. 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 40880, this pair ranks #237,210 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of ailé vs angle
Shared letters: al. Private to "ailé": ié. Private to "angle": egn.
"ailé" · 4 letters · shape VVCV · "angle" · 5 letters · shape VCCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- angle ← agnle · anggle · anglle · anlge · anngle · nagle
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "ailé" for "angle" ever safe?
Which is more common, "ailé" or "angle"?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "ailé" 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 #237,210 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ailé" and "angle" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ailé vs Aure". 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 #237,210 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.