Which to use
“cyclone” and “cyclones” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,455
- “cyclone” frequency rank
- #34,050
- “cyclones” frequency rank
- 52505
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cyclone | cyclones |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tempête atmosphérique, organisée autour d’un centre de basse pression, qui balaie la terre ou la mer en tournoyant sur elle-même. | Pluriel de cyclone. |
Same sound, different letters: cyclone vs cyclones
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - cyclone and cyclones
This is the hard kind. cyclone and cyclones are pronounced identically (\si.klon\) 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) - “cyclone” sits inside “cyclones”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52505, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cyclone is recorded at frequency rank #18,455, classified as anoun, pronounced \si.klon\. cyclones is at rank #34,050, tagged as anoun, pronounced \si.klon\.
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 52505, this pair ranks #147,261 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cyclone vs cyclones
Shared letters: celnoy. Private to "cyclone": -. Private to "cyclones": s.
"cyclone" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "cyclones" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cyclone" and "cyclones" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "cyclone" or "cyclones"?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "cyclone" / "cyclones". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "cyclone" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cyclones" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #147,261 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cyclone" and "cyclones" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cyclones vs cyclope". 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 #147,261 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.