Which to use
“coquillage” and “coquillages” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #35,448
- “coquillage” frequency rank
- #20,100
- “coquillages” frequency rank
- 55548
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | coquillage | coquillages |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tout mollusque marin dont le corps est enveloppé dans une coquille. | Pluriel de coquillage. |
Same sound, different letters: coquillage vs coquillages
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters. coquillage runs 10 letters (CVCVVCCVCV) against coquillages's 11 (CVCVVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - coquillage and coquillages
This is the hard kind. coquillage and coquillages are pronounced identically (\kɔ.ki.jaʒ\) 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) - “coquillage” sits inside “coquillages”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55548, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
coquillage is recorded at frequency rank #35,448, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɔ.ki.jaʒ\. coquillages is at rank #20,100, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɔ.ki.jaʒ\.
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 55548, this pair ranks #126,801 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of coquillage vs coquillages
Shared letters: acegiloqu. Private to "coquillage": -. Private to "coquillages": s.
"coquillage" · 10 letters · shape CVCVVCCVCV · "coquillages" · 11 letters · shape CVCVVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- coquillage ← ccoquillage · coqiullage · coqquillage · coquilage · coquilalge · coquillaeg · coquillagge · coquillgae
- coquillages ← ccoquillages · coqiullages · coqquillages · coquilages · coquilalges · coquillaegs · coquillagess · coquillagges
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "coquillage" and "coquillages" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "coquillage" or "coquillages"?
After this comparison
"coquillage" and "coquillages" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "coquillage" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "coquillages" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #126,801 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "coquillage" and "coquillages" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "coquillage vs coquille". 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 #126,801 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.