Which to use
“comparable” and “comparables” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,691
- “comparable” frequency rank
- #11,736
- “comparables” frequency rank
- 18427
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | comparable | comparables |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui peut être comparé avec quelqu’un ou avec quelque chose pour leur ressemblance. | Pluriel de comparable. |
Same sound, different letters: comparable vs comparables
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - comparable / comparables
This is the hard kind. comparable and comparables are pronounced identically (\kɔ̃.pa.ʁabl\) 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) - “comparable” sits inside “comparables”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18427, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
comparable is recorded at frequency rank #6,691, classified as anadj, pronounced \kɔ̃.pa.ʁabl\. comparables is at rank #11,736, tagged as anadj, pronounced \kɔ̃.pa.ʁabl\.
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 18427, this pair ranks #378,378 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of comparable vs comparables
Shared letters: abcelmopr. Private to "comparable": -. Private to "comparables": s.
"comparable" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCCV · "comparables" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- comparable ← ccomparable · cmoparable · comaprable · commparable · compaarble · comparabble · comparabel · comparablle
- comparables ← ccomparables · cmoparables · comaprables · commparables · compaarbles · comparabbles · comparabels · comparabless
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "comparable" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "comparables" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #378,378 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "comparable" and "comparables" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "comparables vs compatibles". 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 #378,378 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.