Which to use
“bille” and “bills” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,664
- “bille” frequency rank
- #38,677
- “bills” frequency rank
- 57341
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | bille | bills |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tronc d’arbre brut, simplement débarrassé de ses branches pour être envoyé à la scierie. | Pluriel de bill. |
Where the eye mixes bille and bills
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. bille (CVCCV) and bills (CVCCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between bille and bills
A purely visual mix-up. bille (\bij\) 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 a single letter - e in “bille” becomes s in “bills”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57341, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
bille is recorded at frequency rank #18,664, classified as anoun, pronounced \bij\. 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 57341, this pair ranks #115,639 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of bille vs bills
Shared letters: bil. Private to "bille": e. Private to "bills": s.
"bille" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "bills" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "bille" and "bills" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "bille" vs "bills" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "bille" 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 #115,639 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "bille" and "bills" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bibles vs bills". 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 #115,639 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.