Which to use
“anglais” is an adjective and “anglois” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #475
- “anglais” frequency rank
- #38,135
- “anglois” frequency rank
- 38610
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | anglais | anglois |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Relatif à l’Angleterre ou à ses habitants. | Tarte confectionnée avec des prunes rouges, en référence aux uniformes rouges des soldats anglais. |
Where the eye mixes anglais and anglois
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. anglais and anglois follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: anglais vs anglois
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: anglais is \ɑ̃.ɡlɛ\ while anglois is \ɑ̃.ɡlwa\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - a in “anglais” becomes o in “anglois”, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38610, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
anglais is recorded at frequency rank #475, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɑ̃.ɡlɛ\. anglois is at rank #38,135, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɑ̃.ɡlwa\.
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 38610, this pair ranks #254,061 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of anglais vs anglois
Shared letters: agilns. Private to "anglais": -. Private to "anglois": o.
"anglais" · 7 letters · shape VCCCVVC · "anglois" · 7 letters · shape VCCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "anglais" and "anglois" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "anglais" or "anglois"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "anglais" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "anglois" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #254,061 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "anglais" and "anglois" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "anglois vs Angolais". 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 #254,061 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.