Which to use
“bilan” and “bilans” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,026
- “bilan” frequency rank
- #18,663
- “bilans” frequency rank
- 20689
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | bilan | bilans |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Récapitulatif. | Pluriel de bilan. |
Same sound, different letters: bilan vs bilans
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters.
Homophone desk: bilan vs bilans
This is the hard kind. bilan and bilans are pronounced identically (\bi.lɑ̃\) 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) - “bilan” sits inside “bilans”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20689, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
bilan is recorded at frequency rank #2,026, classified as anoun, pronounced \bi.lɑ̃\. bilans is at rank #18,663, tagged as anoun, pronounced \bi.lɑ̃\.
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 20689, this pair ranks #367,007 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of bilan vs bilans
Shared letters: abiln. Private to "bilan": -. Private to "bilans": s.
"bilan" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "bilans" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "bilan" and "bilans" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "bilan" vs "bilans" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "bilan" / "bilans". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "bilan" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "bilans" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #367,007 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "bilan" and "bilans" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bihan vs bilans". 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 #367,007 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.