Which to use
“Bild” and “bills” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #37,199
- “Bild” frequency rank
- #38,677
- “bills” frequency rank
- 75876
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Bild | bills |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Image. | Pluriel de bill. |
Where the eye mixes Bild and bills
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. Bild runs 4 letters (CVCC) against bills's 5 (CVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: Bild vs bills
A purely visual mix-up. Bild (\bɪlt\) and bills (\bil\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 75876, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Bild is recorded at frequency rank #37,199, classified as anoun, pronounced \bɪlt\. bills is at rank #38,677, tagged as anoun, pronounced \bil\.
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 75876, this pair ranks #32,764 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of Bild vs bills
Shared letters: bil. Private to "Bild": d. Private to "bills": s.
"Bild" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "bills" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Bild" for "bills" ever safe?
Frequency check: "Bild" vs "bills" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "Bild" and "bills" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "Bild" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "bills" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #32,764 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Bild" and "bills" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Bild vs bold". 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 #32,764 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.