Which to use
“cellule” and “cellules” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,824
- “cellule” frequency rank
- #3,125
- “cellules” frequency rank
- 6949
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cellule | cellules |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Petite pièce d’habitation, espace clos. | Pluriel de cellule. |
Same sound, different letters: cellule vs cellules
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.
Homophone desk: cellule vs cellules
This is the hard kind. cellule and cellules are pronounced identically (\se.lyl\) 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) - “cellule” sits inside “cellules”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 6949, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cellule is recorded at frequency rank #3,824, classified as anoun, pronounced \se.lyl\. cellules is at rank #3,125, tagged as anoun, pronounced \se.lyl\.
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 6949, this pair ranks #424,697 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of cellule vs cellules
Shared letters: celu. Private to "cellule": -. Private to "cellules": s.
"cellule" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "cellules" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "cellule" for "cellules" ever safe?
Frequency check: "cellule" vs "cellules" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "cellule" / "cellules". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "cellule" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cellules" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #424,697 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cellule" and "cellules" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cellule vs cellulite". 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 #424,697 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.