Which to use
“altitude” and “altitudes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,823
- “altitude” frequency rank
- #35,366
- “altitudes” frequency rank
- 40189
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | altitude | altitudes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Hauteur d’un lieu par rapport au niveau de la mer. | Pluriel de altitude. |
Same sound, different letters: altitude vs altitudes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. altitude runs 8 letters (VCCVCVCV) against altitudes's 9 (VCCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: altitude vs altitudes
This is the hard kind. altitude and altitudes are pronounced identically (\al.ti.tyd\) 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) - “altitude” sits inside “altitudes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40189, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
altitude is recorded at frequency rank #4,823, classified as anoun, pronounced \al.ti.tyd\. altitudes is at rank #35,366, tagged as anoun, pronounced \al.ti.tyd\.
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 40189, this pair ranks #242,358 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of altitude vs altitudes
Shared letters: adeiltu. Private to "altitude": -. Private to "altitudes": s.
"altitude" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV · "altitudes" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "altitude" and "altitudes" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "altitude" or "altitudes"?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "altitude" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "altitudes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #242,358 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "altitude" and "altitudes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "altitudes vs aptitudes". 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 #242,358 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.