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“capillaire” and “capillaires” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #22,194
- “capillaire” frequency rank
- #26,288
- “capillaires” frequency rank
- 48482
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | capillaire | capillaires |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Relatif aux cheveux. | Pluriel de capillaire. |
Same sound, different letters: capillaire vs capillaires
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters. capillaire runs 10 letters (CVCVCCVVCV) against capillaires's 11 (CVCVCCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - capillaire / capillaires
This is the hard kind. capillaire and capillaires are pronounced identically (\ka.pi.lɛʁ\) and both work as anadjective. 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) - “capillaire” sits inside “capillaires”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48482, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
capillaire is recorded at frequency rank #22,194, classified as anadj, pronounced \ka.pi.lɛʁ\. capillaires is at rank #26,288, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ka.pi.lɛʁ\.
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 48482, this pair ranks #178,546 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of capillaire vs capillaires
Shared letters: aceilpr. Private to "capillaire": -. Private to "capillaires": s.
"capillaire" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCVVCV · "capillaires" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- capillaire ← acpillaire · caipllaire · capilaire · capilalire · capillaier · capillairre · capillarie · capilliare
- capillaires ← acpillaires · caipllaires · capilaires · capilalires · capillaiers · capillairess · capillairres · capillairse
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "capillaire" and "capillaires" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "capillaire" vs "capillaires" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "capillaire" / "capillaires". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "capillaire" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "capillaires" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #178,546 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "capillaire" and "capillaires" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "capillaire vs capitulaire". 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 #178,546 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.