Which to use
“colonna” and “colonnes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #37,236
- “colonna” frequency rank
- #5,844
- “colonnes” frequency rank
- 43080
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | colonna | colonnes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Colonne, pilier composé d’un fût cylindrique, d’un chapiteau et souvent d’une base ; il est ordinairement destiné à soutenir un entablement ou à décorer les édifices. | Figure de jonglerie où les balles sont lancées verticalement. |
Where the eye mixes colonna and colonnes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. colonna runs 7 letters (CVCVCCV) against colonnes's 8 (CVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between colonna and colonnes
A purely visual mix-up. colonna (\ko.ˈlon.na\) and colonnes (\kɔ.lɔn\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43080, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
colonna is recorded at frequency rank #37,236, classified as anoun, pronounced \ko.ˈlon.na\. colonnes is at rank #5,844, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɔ.lɔn\.
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 43080, this pair ranks #220,777 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of colonna vs colonnes
Shared letters: clno. Private to "colonna": a. Private to "colonnes": es.
"colonna" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV · "colonnes" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "colonna" and "colonnes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
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After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "colonna" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "colonnes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #220,777 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "colonna" and "colonnes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "côlon vs colonna". 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 #220,777 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.