Which to use
“chapeau” and “chapeaux” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,390
- “chapeau” frequency rank
- #11,927
- “chapeaux” frequency rank
- 15317
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | chapeau | chapeaux |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Coiffe d’homme ou de femme, plus ou moins rigide, avec des bords. | Pluriel de chapeau. |
Same sound, different letters: chapeau vs chapeaux
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. chapeau runs 7 letters (CCVCVVV) against chapeaux's 8 (CCVCVVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: chapeau vs chapeaux
This is the hard kind. chapeau and chapeaux are pronounced identically (\ʃa.po\) 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) - “chapeau” sits inside “chapeaux”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15317, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
chapeau is recorded at frequency rank #3,390, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʃa.po\. chapeaux is at rank #11,927, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʃa.po\.
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 15317, this pair ranks #392,875 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of chapeau vs chapeaux
Shared letters: acehpu. Private to "chapeau": -. Private to "chapeaux": x.
"chapeau" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVV · "chapeaux" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "chapeau" and "chapeaux" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "chapeau" vs "chapeaux" - which ranks higher?
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 "chapeau" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "chapeaux" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #392,875 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "chapeau" and "chapeaux" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "chapeau vs chapel". 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 #392,875 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.