Which to use
“articulé” and “articulés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #25,209
- “articulé” frequency rank
- #37,179
- “articulés” frequency rank
- 62388
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | articulé | articulés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui présente une articulation. | Masculin pluriel de articulé. |
Same sound, different letters: articulé vs articulés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - articulé and articulés
This is the hard kind. articulé and articulés are pronounced identically (\aʁ.ti.ky.le\) 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 1 extra letter(s) - “articulé” sits inside “articulés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62388, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
articulé is recorded at frequency rank #25,209, classified as anadj, pronounced \aʁ.ti.ky.le\. articulés is at rank #37,179, tagged as anadj, pronounced \aʁ.ti.ky.le\.
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 62388, this pair ranks #87,384 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of articulé vs articulés
Shared letters: acilrtué. Private to "articulé": -. Private to "articulés": s.
"articulé" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV · "articulés" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "articulé" for "articulés" ever safe?
Which is more common, "articulé" or "articulés"?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "articulé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "articulés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #87,384 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "articulé" and "articulés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "articulées vs articulés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #87,384 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.