Which to use
“cylindre” and “cylindrée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,441
- “cylindre” frequency rank
- #32,367
- “cylindrée” frequency rank
- 46808
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cylindre | cylindrée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Surface réglée dont les génératrices sont des droites parallèles. | Volume intérieur d'un cylindre, correspondant à la course du piston dans une pompe ou dans un moteur à explosion. |
Where the eye mixes cylindre and cylindrée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. cylindre runs 8 letters (CVCVCCCV) against cylindrée's 9 (CVCVCCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses cylindre with cylindrée
A purely visual mix-up. cylindre (\si.lɛ̃dʁ\) and cylindrée (\si.lɛ̃.dʁe\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46808, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cylindre is recorded at frequency rank #14,441, classified as anoun, pronounced \si.lɛ̃dʁ\. cylindrée is at rank #32,367, tagged as anoun, pronounced \si.lɛ̃.dʁe\.
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 46808, this pair ranks #191,912 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cylindre vs cylindrée
Shared letters: cdeilnry. Private to "cylindre": -. Private to "cylindrée": é.
"cylindre" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCCV · "cylindrée" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- cylindre ← ccylindre · clyindre · cyilndre · cylidnre · cylinddre · cylinder · cylindrre · cylinndre
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "cylindre" for "cylindrée" ever safe?
Which is more common, "cylindre" or "cylindrée"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "cylindre" and "cylindrée" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "cylindre" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cylindrée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #191,912 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cylindre" and "cylindrée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "calandre vs cylindre". 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 #191,912 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.