Which to use
“aisselle” and “aisselles” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #41,637
- “aisselle” frequency rank
- #26,952
- “aisselles” frequency rank
- 68589
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | aisselle | aisselles |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Chacune des deux cavités situées au-dessous de la jonction du bras avec l’épaule. | Pluriel de aisselle. |
Same sound, different letters: aisselle vs aisselles
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. aisselle runs 8 letters (VVCCVCCV) against aisselles's 9 (VVCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: aisselle vs aisselles
This is the hard kind. aisselle and aisselles are pronounced identically (\ɛ.sɛl\) 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) - “aisselle” sits inside “aisselles”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68589, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
aisselle is recorded at frequency rank #41,637, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɛ.sɛl\. aisselles is at rank #26,952, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɛ.sɛl\.
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 68589, this pair ranks #58,540 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of aisselle vs aisselles
Shared letters: aeils. Private to "aisselle": -. Private to "aisselles": -.
"aisselle" · 8 letters · shape VVCCVCCV · "aisselles" · 9 letters · shape VVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "aisselle" and "aisselles" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "aisselle" vs "aisselles" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "aisselle" / "aisselles". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "aisselle" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "aisselles" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #58,540 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- 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 #58,540 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.