Which to use
“bretelle” and “bretelles” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #31,376
- “bretelle” frequency rank
- #24,499
- “bretelles” frequency rank
- 55875
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | bretelle | bretelles |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Bande, courroie, sangle plus ou moins large que l’on passe sur les épaules et qui sert à porter certaines choses. | Pluriel de bretelle. |
Same sound, different letters: bretelle vs bretelles
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. bretelle runs 8 letters (CCVCVCCV) against bretelles's 9 (CCVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - bretelle / bretelles
This is the hard kind. bretelle and bretelles are pronounced identically (\bʁə.tɛl\) 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) - “bretelle” sits inside “bretelles”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55875, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
bretelle is recorded at frequency rank #31,376, classified as anoun, pronounced \bʁə.tɛl\. bretelles is at rank #24,499, tagged as anoun, pronounced \bʁə.tɛl\.
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 55875, this pair ranks #124,653 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of bretelle vs bretelles
Shared letters: belrt. Private to "bretelle": -. Private to "bretelles": s.
"bretelle" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCCV · "bretelles" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "bretelle" for "bretelles" ever safe?
Which is more common, "bretelle" or "bretelles"?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "bretelle" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "bretelles" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #124,653 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "bretelle" and "bretelles" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bretelles vs Bruxelles". 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 #124,653 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.