Which to use
“chaton” and “chatons” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,880
- “chaton” frequency rank
- #18,956
- “chatons” frequency rank
- 33836
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | chaton | chatons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Jeune chat, mâle ou femelle, qui n’a pas encore atteint l’âge adulte. Pour une femelle on peut plus particulièrement parler de chatonne. | Pluriel de chaton. |
Same sound, different letters: chaton vs chatons
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - chaton / chatons
This is the hard kind. chaton and chatons are pronounced identically (\ʃa.tɔ̃\) 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) - “chaton” sits inside “chatons”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33836, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
chaton is recorded at frequency rank #14,880, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʃa.tɔ̃\. chatons is at rank #18,956, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʃa.tɔ̃\.
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 33836, this pair ranks #287,956 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of chaton vs chatons
Shared letters: achnot. Private to "chaton": -. Private to "chatons": s.
"chaton" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC · "chatons" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "chaton" and "chatons" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "chaton" or "chatons"?
After this comparison
"chaton" and "chatons" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "chaton" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "chatons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #287,956 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "chaton" and "chatons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "chatons vs cotons". 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 #287,956 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.