Which to use
“chandelle” and “chandelles” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,366
- “chandelle” frequency rank
- #27,000
- “chandelles” frequency rank
- 44366
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | chandelle | chandelles |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ou Cylindre combustible intégrant une mèche entourée de suif ou de cire qui éclaire en brûlant. | Pluriel de chandelle. |
Same sound, different letters: chandelle vs chandelles
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. chandelle runs 9 letters (CCVCCVCCV) against chandelles's 10 (CCVCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: chandelle vs chandelles
This is the hard kind. chandelle and chandelles are pronounced identically (\ʃɑ̃.dɛl\) 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) - “chandelle” sits inside “chandelles”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44366, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
chandelle is recorded at frequency rank #17,366, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʃɑ̃.dɛl\. chandelles is at rank #27,000, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʃɑ̃.dɛl\.
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 44366, this pair ranks #210,960 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of chandelle vs chandelles
Shared letters: acdehln. Private to "chandelle": -. Private to "chandelles": s.
"chandelle" · 9 letters · shape CCVCCVCCV · "chandelles" · 10 letters · shape CCVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- chandelle ← cahndelle · cchandelle · chadnelle · chanddelle · chandele · chandelel · chandlele · chanedlle
- chandelles ← cahndelles · cchandelles · chadnelles · chanddelles · chandelels · chandeles · chandelless · chandellse
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "chandelle" and "chandelles" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "chandelle" or "chandelles"?
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 "chandelle" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "chandelles" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #210,960 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "chandelle" and "chandelles" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "chandeliers vs chandelles". 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 #210,960 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.