Which to use
“copie” and “copies” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,245
- “copie” frequency rank
- #7,041
- “copies” frequency rank
- 10286
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | copie | copies |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de copier. | Pluriel de copie. |
Same sound, different letters: copie vs copies
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - copie and copies
This is the hard kind. copie and copies are pronounced identically (\kɔ.pi\) 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) - “copie” sits inside “copies”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10286, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
copie is recorded at frequency rank #3,245, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɔ.pi\. copies is at rank #7,041, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɔ.pi\.
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 10286, this pair ranks #413,566 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of copie vs copies
Shared letters: ceiop. Private to "copie": -. Private to "copies": s.
"copie" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "copies" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "copie" and "copies" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "copie" or "copies" show up more?
Useful next steps
"copie" and "copies" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "copie" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "copies" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #413,566 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "copie" and "copies" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "copiée vs copies". 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 #413,566 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.