Which to use
“box” and “boxes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,314
- “box” frequency rank
- #41,683
- “boxes” frequency rank
- 45997
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | box | boxes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Compartiment disposé dans les écuries ou les étables pour isoler les animaux et les y tenir libres et sans attaches. | Pluriel de boxe. |
Same sound, different letters: box vs boxes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 3 letters.
Homophone desk: box vs boxes
This is the hard kind. box and boxes are pronounced identically (\bɔks\) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “box” sits inside “boxes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45997, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
box is recorded at frequency rank #4,314, classified as anoun, pronounced \bɔks\. boxes is at rank #41,683, tagged as anoun, pronounced \bɔks\.
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 45997, this pair ranks #198,436 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of box vs boxes
Shared letters: box. Private to "box": -. Private to "boxes": es.
"box" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "boxes" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- boxes ← bboxes · boexs · boxess · boxse · boxxes · bxoes · obxes
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "box" and "boxes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "box" or "boxes" show up more?
What to do next
"box" and "boxes" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "box" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "boxes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #198,436 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "box" and "boxes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bordés vs boxes". 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 #198,436 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.