Which to use
“confus” and “confuses” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,296
- “confus” frequency rank
- #40,193
- “confuses” frequency rank
- 50489
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | confus | confuses |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Dont il est impossible de distinguer les éléments constitutifs. | Féminin pluriel de confus. |
Where the eye mixes confus and confuses
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. confus runs 6 letters (CVCCVC) against confuses's 8 (CVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: confus vs confuses
A purely visual mix-up. confus (\kɔ̃.fy\) and confuses (\kɔ̃.fyz\) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “confus” sits inside “confuses”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50489, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
confus is recorded at frequency rank #10,296, classified as anadj, pronounced \kɔ̃.fy\. confuses is at rank #40,193, tagged as anadj, pronounced \kɔ̃.fyz\.
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 50489, this pair ranks #162,221 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of confus vs confuses
Shared letters: cfnosu. Private to "confus": -. Private to "confuses": e.
"confus" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "confuses" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "confus" for "confuses" ever safe?
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Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "confus" and "confuses" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "confus" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "confuses" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #162,221 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "confus" and "confuses" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "conférés vs confuses". 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 #162,221 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.