Which to use
“biologiste” and “biologistes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,061
- “biologiste” frequency rank
- #28,854
- “biologistes” frequency rank
- 48915
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | biologiste | biologistes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Personne qui étudie la biologie, c’est-à-dire les organismes vivants ainsi que leurs constituants et leurs interactions avec leur environnement. | Pluriel de biologiste. |
Same sound, different letters: biologiste vs biologistes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters. biologiste runs 10 letters (CVVCVCVCCV) against biologistes's 11 (CVVCVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: biologiste vs biologistes
This is the hard kind. biologiste and biologistes are pronounced identically (\bjɔ.lɔ.ʒist\) 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) - “biologiste” sits inside “biologistes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48915, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
biologiste is recorded at frequency rank #20,061, classified as anoun, pronounced \bjɔ.lɔ.ʒist\. biologistes is at rank #28,854, tagged as anoun, pronounced \bjɔ.lɔ.ʒist\.
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 48915, this pair ranks #175,031 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of biologiste vs biologistes
Shared letters: begilost. Private to "biologiste": -. Private to "biologistes": -.
"biologiste" · 10 letters · shape CVVCVCVCCV · "biologistes" · 11 letters · shape CVVCVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- biologiste ← bbiologiste · biloogiste · biolgoiste · biollogiste · biologgiste · biologiset · biologisste · biologistte
- biologistes ← bbiologistes · biloogistes · biolgoistes · biollogistes · biologgistes · biologisets · biologisstes · biologistess
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "biologiste" for "biologistes" ever safe?
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After this comparison
"biologiste" and "biologistes" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "biologiste" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "biologistes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #175,031 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "biologiste" and "biologistes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "biologiques vs biologistes". 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 #175,031 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.