Which to use
“chapelle” and “chapelles” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,826
- “chapelle” frequency rank
- #18,432
- “chapelles” frequency rank
- 22258
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | chapelle | chapelles |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Petit édifice religieux. | Pluriel de chapelle. |
Same sound, different letters: chapelle vs chapelles
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. chapelle runs 8 letters (CCVCVCCV) against chapelles's 9 (CCVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - chapelle and chapelles
This is the hard kind. chapelle and chapelles are pronounced identically (\ʃa.pɛl\) 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) - “chapelle” sits inside “chapelles”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22258, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
chapelle is recorded at frequency rank #3,826, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʃa.pɛl\. chapelles is at rank #18,432, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʃa.pɛl\.
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 22258, this pair ranks #358,989 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of chapelle vs chapelles
Shared letters: acehlp. Private to "chapelle": -. Private to "chapelles": s.
"chapelle" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCCV · "chapelles" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "chapelle" and "chapelles" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "chapelle" vs "chapelles" - 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 "chapelle" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "chapelles" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #358,989 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "chapelle" and "chapelles" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "chapel vs chapelles". 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 #358,989 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.