Which to use
“convoitise” and “convoitises” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #34,958
- “convoitise” frequency rank
- #34,959
- “convoitises” frequency rank
- 69917
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | convoitise | convoitises |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Désir immodéré, déréglé. | Pluriel de convoitise. |
Same sound, different letters: convoitise vs convoitises
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters. convoitise runs 10 letters (CVCCVVCVCV) against convoitises's 11 (CVCCVVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - convoitise / convoitises
This is the hard kind. convoitise and convoitises are pronounced identically (\kɔ̃.vwa.tiz\) 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) - “convoitise” sits inside “convoitises”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69917, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
convoitise is recorded at frequency rank #34,958, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɔ̃.vwa.tiz\. convoitises is at rank #34,959, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɔ̃.vwa.tiz\.
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 69917, this pair ranks #53,329 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of convoitise vs convoitises
Shared letters: ceinostv. Private to "convoitise": -. Private to "convoitises": -.
"convoitise" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVVCVCV · "convoitises" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- convoitise ← cconvoitise · cnovoitise · connvoitise · conovitise · conviotise · convoiitse · convoities · convoitisse
- convoitises ← cconvoitises · cnovoitises · connvoitises · conovitises · conviotises · convoiitses · convoitiess · convoitisess
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "convoitise" for "convoitises" ever safe?
Frequency check: "convoitise" vs "convoitises" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
"convoitise" and "convoitises" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "convoitise" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "convoitises" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #53,329 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "convoitise" and "convoitises" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "convoitée vs convoitise". 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 #53,329 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.