Which to use
“alcool” and “alcools” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,761
- “alcool” frequency rank
- #18,642
- “alcools” frequency rank
- 20403
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | alcool | alcools |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Poudre très fine. | Pluriel de alcool. |
Same sound, different letters: alcool vs alcools
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. alcool runs 6 letters (VCCVVC) against alcools's 7 (VCCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: alcool vs alcools
This is the hard kind. alcool and alcools are pronounced identically (\al.kɔl\) 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) - “alcool” sits inside “alcools”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20403, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
alcool is recorded at frequency rank #1,761, classified as anoun, pronounced \al.kɔl\. alcools is at rank #18,642, tagged as anoun, pronounced \al.kɔl\.
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 20403, this pair ranks #368,450 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of alcool vs alcools
Shared letters: aclo. Private to "alcool": -. Private to "alcools": s.
"alcool" · 6 letters · shape VCCVVC · "alcools" · 7 letters · shape VCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "alcool" and "alcools" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "alcool" or "alcools"?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "alcool" / "alcools". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "alcool" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "alcools" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #368,450 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "alcool" and "alcools" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "alcoolisé vs alcools". 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 #368,450 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.