Which to use
“anecdote” and “anecdotes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,954
- “anecdote” frequency rank
- #9,597
- “anecdotes” frequency rank
- 19551
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | anecdote | anecdotes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Particularité historique. | Pluriel de anecdote. |
Same sound, different letters: anecdote vs anecdotes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters.
Homophone desk: anecdote vs anecdotes
This is the hard kind. anecdote and anecdotes are pronounced identically (\a.nɛk.dɔt\) 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) - “anecdote” sits inside “anecdotes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19551, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
anecdote is recorded at frequency rank #9,954, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.nɛk.dɔt\. anecdotes is at rank #9,597, tagged as anoun, pronounced \a.nɛk.dɔt\.
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 19551, this pair ranks #372,706 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of anecdote vs anecdotes
Shared letters: acdenot. Private to "anecdote": -. Private to "anecdotes": s.
"anecdote" · 8 letters · shape VCVCCVCV · "anecdotes" · 9 letters · shape VCVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "anecdote" and "anecdotes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "anecdote" or "anecdotes"?
After this comparison
"anecdote" and "anecdotes" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "anecdote" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "anecdotes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #372,706 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "anecdote" and "anecdotes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "anecdote vs antidote". 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 #372,706 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.