Which to use
“cicatrice” and “cicatrices” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,373
- “cicatrice” frequency rank
- #14,633
- “cicatrices” frequency rank
- 32006
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cicatrice | cicatrices |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Marque des blessures, des plaies, qui reste après la guérison. | Pluriel de cicatrice. |
Same sound, different letters: cicatrice vs cicatrices
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. cicatrice runs 9 letters (CVCVCCVCV) against cicatrices's 10 (CVCVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - cicatrice / cicatrices
This is the hard kind. cicatrice and cicatrices are pronounced identically (\si.ka.tʁis\) 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) - “cicatrice” sits inside “cicatrices”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32006, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cicatrice is recorded at frequency rank #17,373, classified as anoun, pronounced \si.ka.tʁis\. cicatrices is at rank #14,633, tagged as anoun, pronounced \si.ka.tʁis\.
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 32006, this pair ranks #300,179 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cicatrice vs cicatrices
Shared letters: aceirt. Private to "cicatrice": -. Private to "cicatrices": s.
"cicatrice" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCV · "cicatrices" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- cicatrice ← cciatrice · ccicatrice · ciactrice · cicartice · cicatirce · cicatrcie · cicatricce · cicatriec
- cicatrices ← cciatrices · ccicatrices · ciactrices · cicartices · cicatirces · cicatrcies · cicatricces · cicatricess
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cicatrice" and "cicatrices" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "cicatrice" or "cicatrices"?
After this comparison
"cicatrice" and "cicatrices" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "cicatrice" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cicatrices" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #300,179 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cicatrice" and "cicatrices" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cicatrice vs cicatriser". 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 #300,179 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.