Which to use
“argile” and “argilo” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,991
- “argile” frequency rank
- #46,581
- “argilo” frequency rank
- 57572
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | argile | argilo |
|---|---|---|
| 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.). | Argile. |
Where the eye mixes argile and argilo
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: argile vs argilo
A purely visual mix-up. argile (\aʁ.ʒil\) and argilo (\ar.ˈɡi.lo\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - e in “argile” becomes o in “argilo”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57572, 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\. argilo is at rank #46,581, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ar.ˈɡi.lo\.
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 57572, this pair ranks #114,231 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of argile vs argilo
Shared letters: agilr. Private to "argile": e. Private to "argilo": o.
"argile" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV · "argilo" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "argile" for "argilo" ever safe?
Frequency check: "argile" vs "argilo" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "argile" and "argilo" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "argile" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "argilo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #114,231 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "argile" and "argilo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "argilo vs argo". 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 #114,231 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.