Which to use
“autobus” and “autos” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,149
- “autobus” frequency rank
- #18,656
- “autos” frequency rank
- 25805
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | autobus | autos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Véhicule de transports en commun, sur des lignes urbaines régulières, comptant des places pour voyager assis et d’autres pour voyager debout. | Pluriel de auto. |
Where the eye mixes autobus and autos
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. autobus runs 7 letters (VVCVCVC) against autos's 5 (VVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses autobus with autos
A purely visual mix-up. autobus (\o.tɔ.bys\) and autos (\ɔ.to\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25805, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
autobus is recorded at frequency rank #7,149, classified as anoun, pronounced \o.tɔ.bys\. autos is at rank #18,656, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɔ.to\.
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 25805, this pair ranks #338,742 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of autobus vs autos
Shared letters: aostu. Private to "autobus": b. Private to "autos": -.
"autobus" · 7 letters · shape VVCVCVC · "autos" · 5 letters · shape VVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "autobus" and "autos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "autobus" vs "autos" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "autobus" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "autos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #338,742 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "autobus" and "autos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "astor vs autos". 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 #338,742 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.