Which to use
“aubergine” and “aubergines” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #35,386
- “aubergine” frequency rank
- #35,387
- “aubergines” frequency rank
- 70773
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | aubergine | aubergines |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Plante herbacée de la famille des solanacées qui porte des fruits blancs semblables à des œufs, ou de forme allongée comme les concombres, et de couleur violette, jaune ou rougeâtre (Solanum melongena). | Pluriel de aubergine. |
Same sound, different letters: aubergine vs aubergines
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. aubergine runs 9 letters (VVCVCCVCV) against aubergines's 10 (VVCVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - aubergine / aubergines
This is the hard kind. aubergine and aubergines are pronounced identically (\o.bɛʁ.ʒin\) 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) - “aubergine” sits inside “aubergines”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 70773, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
aubergine is recorded at frequency rank #35,386, classified as anoun, pronounced \o.bɛʁ.ʒin\. aubergines is at rank #35,387, tagged as anoun, pronounced \o.bɛʁ.ʒin\.
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 70773, this pair ranks #50,089 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of aubergine vs aubergines
Shared letters: abeginru. Private to "aubergine": -. Private to "aubergines": s.
"aubergine" · 9 letters · shape VVCVCCVCV · "aubergines" · 10 letters · shape VVCVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- aubergine ← abuergine · aubbergine · aubegrine · auberggine · aubergien · auberginne · aubergnie · auberigne
- aubergines ← abuergines · aubbergines · aubegrines · auberggines · aubergiens · auberginess · auberginnes · auberginse
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "aubergine" and "aubergines" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "aubergine" or "aubergines"?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "aubergine" / "aubergines". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "aubergine" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "aubergines" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #50,089 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "aubergine" and "aubergines" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "aubergine vs aubergiste". 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 #50,089 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.