auxquellesvsauxquelsConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#5,523
“auxquelles” frequency rank
#4,310
“auxquels” frequency rank
9833
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature auxquelles auxquels
Definition Féminin pluriel de auquel. Masculin pluriel de auquel.

Same sound, different letters: auxquelles vs auxquels

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. auxquelles runs 10 letters (VVCCVVCCVC) against auxquels's 8 (VVCCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

10 ch
auxquelles
8 ch
auxquels

Same sound, different spelling - auxquelles / auxquels

This is the hard kind. auxquelles and auxquels are pronounced identically (\o.kɛl\) and both work as apronoun. 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9833, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

auxquelles is recorded at frequency rank #5,523, classified as apron, pronounced \o.kɛl\. auxquels is at rank #4,310, tagged as apron, pronounced \o.kɛl\.

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 9833, this pair ranks #415,227 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of auxquelles vs auxquels

Shared letters: aelqsux. Private to "auxquelles": -. Private to "auxquels": -.

"auxquelles" · 10 letters · shape VVCCVVCCVC  ·  "auxquels" · 8 letters · shape VVCCVVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • auxquelles ← auqxuelles · auxqeulles · auxqquelles · auxquelels · auxqueles · auxquelless · auxquellse · auxquleles
  • auxquels ← auqxuels · auxqeuls · auxqquels · auxquells · auxquelss · auxquesl · auxqules · auxuqels

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "auxquelles" and "auxquels" be used interchangeably?
No. They are pronounced the same (\o.kɛl\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
In ordinary French text, does "auxquelles" or "auxquels" show up more?
"auxquels" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,310 in our French list, against #5,523 for "auxquelles". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.

  • Full dictionary entry for "auxquelles" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "auxquels" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #415,227 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "auxquelles" and "auxquels" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "auquel vs auxquelles". 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 #415,227 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