Which to use
“argile” and “argiles” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,991
- “argile” frequency rank
- #28,055
- “argiles” frequency rank
- 39046
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | argile | argiles |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Minéral se présentant sous la forme d’une poudre souvent très fine. Avec de l’eau elle forme une terre douce au toucher, malléable et plastique → voir minéral argileux. Elle est composée principalement de silicates et d’aluminosilicates. Elle est généralement blanchâtre, mais peut être teintée par des sels métalliques (rouge, orange, vert, etc.). | Pluriel de argile. |
Same sound, different letters: argile vs argiles
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. argile runs 6 letters (VCCVCV) against argiles's 7 (VCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - argile / argiles
This is the hard kind. argile and argiles are pronounced identically (\aʁ.ʒil\) 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) - “argile” sits inside “argiles”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39046, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
argile is recorded at frequency rank #10,991, classified as anoun, pronounced \aʁ.ʒil\. argiles is at rank #28,055, tagged as anoun, pronounced \aʁ.ʒil\.
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 39046, this pair ranks #250,907 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of argile vs argiles
Shared letters: aegilr. Private to "argile": -. Private to "argiles": s.
"argile" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV · "argiles" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
"argile" and "argiles" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "argile" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "argiles" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #250,907 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "argile" and "argiles" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "argiles vs argilo". 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 #250,907 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.