Which to use
“crédule” and “crédules” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #42,261
- “crédule” frequency rank
- #43,871
- “crédules” frequency rank
- 86132
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | crédule | crédules |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui croit trop facilement ce qu’on lui dit, prompt à croire quelqu’un. | Pluriel de crédule. |
Same sound, different letters: crédule vs crédules
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. crédule runs 7 letters (CCVCVCV) against crédules's 8 (CCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - crédule and crédules
This is the hard kind. crédule and crédules are pronounced identically (\kʁe.dyl\) and both work as anadjective. 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) - “crédule” sits inside “crédules”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 86132, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
crédule is recorded at frequency rank #42,261, classified as anadj, pronounced \kʁe.dyl\. crédules is at rank #43,871, tagged as anadj, pronounced \kʁe.dyl\.
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 86132, this pair ranks #10,182 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of crédule vs crédules
Shared letters: cdelrué. Private to "crédule": -. Private to "crédules": s.
"crédule" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCV · "crédules" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "crédule" and "crédules" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "crédule" or "crédules" show up more?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "crédule" / "crédules". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "crédule" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "crédules" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #10,182 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "crédule" and "crédules" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "crapules vs crédules". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #10,182 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.