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“arrondi” and “arrondies” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#18,653
“arrondi” frequency rank
#34,871
“arrondies” frequency rank
53524
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature arrondi arrondies
Definition Qui est rond. Féminin pluriel de arrondi.

Same sound, different letters: arrondi vs arrondies

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.

7 ch
arrondi
9 ch
arrondies

Same sound, different spelling - arrondi / arrondies

This is the hard kind. arrondi and arrondies are pronounced identically (\a.ʁɔ̃.di\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “arrondi” sits inside “arrondies”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53524, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

arrondi is recorded at frequency rank #18,653, classified as anadj, pronounced \a.ʁɔ̃.di\. arrondies is at rank #34,871, tagged as anadj, pronounced \a.ʁɔ̃.di\.

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 53524, this pair ranks #140,125 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of arrondi vs arrondies

Shared letters: adinor. Private to "arrondi": -. Private to "arrondies": es.

"arrondi" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV  ·  "arrondies" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • arrondiarondi · arorndi · arrnodi · arrodni · arronddi · arronid · arronndi · rarondi
  • arrondiesarondies · arorndies · arrnodies · arrodnies · arronddies · arrondeis · arrondiess · arrondise

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "arrondi" and "arrondies" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are pronounced the same (\a.ʁɔ̃.di\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Frequency check: "arrondi" vs "arrondies" - which ranks higher?
"arrondi" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,653 in our French list, against #34,871 for "arrondies". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

"arrondi" and "arrondies" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.

  • Full dictionary entry for "arrondi" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "arrondies" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #140,125 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "arrondi" and "arrondies" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "arrondies vs arrondir". 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 #140,125 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list