Which to use
“circuit” and “circuits” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,706
- “circuit” frequency rank
- #6,596
- “circuits” frequency rank
- 9302
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | circuit | circuits |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pourtour d’un lieu déterminé. | Pluriel de circuit. |
Same sound, different letters: circuit vs circuits
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - circuit and circuits
This is the hard kind. circuit and circuits are pronounced identically (\siʁ.kɥi\) 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) - “circuit” sits inside “circuits”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9302, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
circuit is recorded at frequency rank #2,706, classified as anoun, pronounced \siʁ.kɥi\. circuits is at rank #6,596, tagged as anoun, pronounced \siʁ.kɥi\.
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 9302, this pair ranks #417,137 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of circuit vs circuits
Shared letters: cirtu. Private to "circuit": -. Private to "circuits": s.
"circuit" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "circuits" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "circuit" and "circuits" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "circuit" or "circuits"?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "circuit" / "circuits". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "circuit" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "circuits" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #417,137 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "circuit" and "circuits" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "circuits vs circus". 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 #417,137 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.