Which to use
“compatible” and “compatibles” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,289
- “compatible” frequency rank
- #12,745
- “compatibles” frequency rank
- 20034
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | compatible | compatibles |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui peut exister, s’accorder avec quelqu’un ou quelque chose. | Pluriel de compatible. |
Same sound, different letters: compatible vs compatibles
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - compatible / compatibles
This is the hard kind. compatible and compatibles are pronounced identically (\kɔ̃.pa.tibl\) 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) - “compatible” sits inside “compatibles”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20034, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
compatible is recorded at frequency rank #7,289, classified as anadj, pronounced \kɔ̃.pa.tibl\. compatibles is at rank #12,745, tagged as anadj, pronounced \kɔ̃.pa.tibl\.
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 20034, this pair ranks #370,264 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of compatible vs compatibles
Shared letters: abceilmopt. Private to "compatible": -. Private to "compatibles": s.
"compatible" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCCV · "compatibles" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- compatible ← ccompatible · cmopatible · comaptible · commpatible · compaitble · compatbile · compatibble · compatibel
- compatibles ← ccompatibles · cmopatibles · comaptibles · commpatibles · compaitbles · compatbiles · compatibbles · compatibels
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "compatible" and "compatibles" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "compatible" vs "compatibles" - which ranks higher?
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 "compatible" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "compatibles" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #370,264 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "compatible" and "compatibles" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "comestibles 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 #370,264 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.