Which to use
“chilien” and “chiliens” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #24,146
- “chilien” frequency rank
- #39,705
- “chiliens” frequency rank
- 63851
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | chilien | chiliens |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Propre ou relatif au Chili, État d'Amérique du Sud. | Pluriel de chilien. |
Same sound, different letters: chilien vs chiliens
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. chilien runs 7 letters (CCVCVVC) against chiliens's 8 (CCVCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: chilien vs chiliens
This is the hard kind. chilien and chiliens are pronounced identically (\ʃi.ljɛ̃\) and both work as anadjective. 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) - “chilien” sits inside “chiliens”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63851, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
chilien is recorded at frequency rank #24,146, classified as anadj, pronounced \ʃi.ljɛ̃\. chiliens is at rank #39,705, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʃi.ljɛ̃\.
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 63851, this pair ranks #79,898 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of chilien vs chiliens
Shared letters: cehiln. Private to "chilien": -. Private to "chiliens": s.
"chilien" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVC · "chiliens" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "chilien" and "chiliens" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "chilien" or "chiliens" show up more?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "chilien" / "chiliens". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "chilien" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "chiliens" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #79,898 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "chilien" and "chiliens" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "chilienne vs chiliens". 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 #79,898 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.