Which to use
“bulle” and “bulles” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,529
- “bulle” frequency rank
- #9,791
- “bulles” frequency rank
- 15320
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | bulle | bulles |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Petite quantité d’air qui s’élève à la surface des liquides, en particulier lors de l’ébullition ou de la fermentation. | Pluriel de bulle. |
Same sound, different letters: bulle vs bulles
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - bulle and bulles
This is the hard kind. bulle and bulles are pronounced identically (\byl\) 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) - “bulle” sits inside “bulles”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15320, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
bulle is recorded at frequency rank #5,529, classified as anoun, pronounced \byl\. bulles is at rank #9,791, tagged as anoun, pronounced \byl\.
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 15320, this pair ranks #392,864 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of bulle vs bulles
Shared letters: belu. Private to "bulle": -. Private to "bulles": s.
"bulle" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "bulles" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "bulle" and "bulles" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "bulle" vs "bulles" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "bulle" / "bulles". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "bulle" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "bulles" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #392,864 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "bulle" and "bulles" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "buffles vs bulles". 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 #392,864 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.