Which to use
“beignet” and “beignets” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #39,662
- “beignet” frequency rank
- #26,978
- “beignets” frequency rank
- 66640
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | beignet | beignets |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pâte frite à la poêle et qui enveloppe ordinairement une tranche de quelque fruit. | Pluriel de beignet. |
Same sound, different letters: beignet vs beignets
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. beignet runs 7 letters (CVVCCVC) against beignets's 8 (CVVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - beignet and beignets
This is the hard kind. beignet and beignets are pronounced identically (\bɛ.ɲɛ\) 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) - “beignet” sits inside “beignets”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66640, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
beignet is recorded at frequency rank #39,662, classified as anoun, pronounced \bɛ.ɲɛ\. beignets is at rank #26,978, tagged as anoun, pronounced \bɛ.ɲɛ\.
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 66640, this pair ranks #66,959 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of beignet vs beignets
Shared letters: begint. Private to "beignet": -. Private to "beignets": s.
"beignet" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC · "beignets" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "beignet" for "beignets" ever safe?
Frequency check: "beignet" vs "beignets" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "beignet" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "beignets" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #66,959 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "beignet" and "beignets" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "beignet vs bénignes". 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 #66,959 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.