Which to use
“cannibale” and “cannibales” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #36,746
- “cannibale” frequency rank
- #36,291
- “cannibales” frequency rank
- 73037
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cannibale | cannibales |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Être vivant qui mange de la chair d’individus de la même espèce que lui. | Pluriel de cannibale. |
Same sound, different letters: cannibale vs cannibales
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. cannibale runs 9 letters (CVCCVCVCV) against cannibales's 10 (CVCCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - cannibale and cannibales
This is the hard kind. cannibale and cannibales are pronounced identically (\ka.ni.bal\) 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) - “cannibale” sits inside “cannibales”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 73037, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cannibale is recorded at frequency rank #36,746, classified as anoun, pronounced \ka.ni.bal\. cannibales is at rank #36,291, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ka.ni.bal\.
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 73037, this pair ranks #41,853 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of cannibale vs cannibales
Shared letters: abceiln. Private to "cannibale": -. Private to "cannibales": s.
"cannibale" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV · "cannibales" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- cannibale ← acnnibale · canibale · caninbale · cannbiale · canniable · cannibael · canniballe · cannibbale
- cannibales ← acnnibales · canibales · caninbales · cannbiales · canniables · cannibaels · cannibaless · canniballes
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "cannibale" and "cannibales" be used interchangeably?
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After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "cannibale" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cannibales" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #41,853 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- 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 #41,853 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.