Which to use
“complot” and “complots” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,537
- “complot” frequency rank
- #21,889
- “complots” frequency rank
- 27426
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | complot | complots |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Entreprise en préparation formée secrètement entre deux ou plusieurs personnes contre l’intérêt d’un État (ou au sein même de l'État), d’un groupe de personnes ou une personne. | Pluriel de complot. |
Same sound, different letters: complot vs complots
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. complot runs 7 letters (CVCCCVC) against complots's 8 (CVCCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - complot / complots
This is the hard kind. complot and complots are pronounced identically (\kɔ̃.plo\) 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) - “complot” sits inside “complots”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27426, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
complot is recorded at frequency rank #5,537, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɔ̃.plo\. complots is at rank #21,889, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɔ̃.plo\.
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 27426, this pair ranks #329,037 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of complot vs complots
Shared letters: clmopt. Private to "complot": -. Private to "complots": s.
"complot" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC · "complots" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "complot" for "complots" ever safe?
Frequency check: "complot" vs "complots" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
"complot" and "complots" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "complot" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "complots" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #329,037 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "complot" and "complots" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "complots vs compos". 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 #329,037 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.