Which to use
“cinglés” and “civiles” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #40,670
- “cinglés” frequency rank
- #6,597
- “civiles” frequency rank
- 47267
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cinglés | civiles |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Masculin pluriel de cinglé. | Féminin pluriel de civil. |
Where the eye mixes cinglés and civiles
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. cinglés (CVCCCVC) and civiles (CVCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between cinglés and civiles
A purely visual mix-up. cinglés (\sɛ̃.ɡle\) and civiles (\si.vil\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47267, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cinglés is recorded at frequency rank #40,670, classified as anadj, pronounced \sɛ̃.ɡle\. civiles is at rank #6,597, tagged as anadj, pronounced \si.vil\.
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 47267, this pair ranks #188,272 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cinglés vs civiles
Shared letters: cils. Private to "cinglés": gné. Private to "civiles": ev.
"cinglés" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC · "civiles" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- civiles ← cciviles · ciivles · civiels · civiless · civilles · civilse · civlies · civviles
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cinglés" and "civiles" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "cinglés" vs "civiles" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "cinglés" and "civiles" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "cinglés" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "civiles" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #188,272 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cinglés" and "civiles" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cinglés vs congres". 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 #188,272 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.