Which to use
“boulet” and “boulets” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,724
- “boulet” frequency rank
- #18,673
- “boulets” frequency rank
- 30397
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | boulet | boulets |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Boule de pierre ou de métal fondu, de différentes grosseurs, dont on chargeait les canons. | Pluriel de boulet. |
Same sound, different letters: boulet vs boulets
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - boulet / boulets
This is the hard kind. boulet and boulets are pronounced identically (\bu.lɛ\) 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) - “boulet” sits inside “boulets”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30397, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
boulet is recorded at frequency rank #11,724, classified as anoun, pronounced \bu.lɛ\. boulets is at rank #18,673, tagged as anoun, pronounced \bu.lɛ\.
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 30397, this pair ranks #310,592 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of boulet vs boulets
Shared letters: belotu. Private to "boulet": -. Private to "boulets": s.
"boulet" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC · "boulets" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "boulet" and "boulets" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "boulet" or "boulets" show up more?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "boulet" / "boulets". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "boulet" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "boulets" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #310,592 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "boulet" and "boulets" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "boulets vs bouvet". 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 #310,592 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.