Which to use
“cylindrée” and “cylindres” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #32,367
- “cylindrée” frequency rank
- #10,481
- “cylindres” frequency rank
- 42848
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cylindrée | cylindres |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Volume intérieur d'un cylindre, correspondant à la course du piston dans une pompe ou dans un moteur à explosion. | Pluriel de cylindre. |
Where the eye mixes cylindrée and cylindres
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. cylindrée (CVCVCCCVV) and cylindres (CVCVCCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses cylindrée with cylindres
A purely visual mix-up. cylindrée (\si.lɛ̃.dʁe\) and cylindres (\si.lɛ̃dʁ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42848, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cylindrée is recorded at frequency rank #32,367, classified as anoun, pronounced \si.lɛ̃.dʁe\. cylindres is at rank #10,481, tagged as anoun, pronounced \si.lɛ̃dʁ\.
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 42848, this pair ranks #222,474 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cylindrée vs cylindres
Shared letters: cdeilnry. Private to "cylindrée": é. Private to "cylindres": s.
"cylindrée" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCCVV · "cylindres" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- cylindres ← ccylindres · clyindres · cyilndres · cylidnres · cylinddres · cylinders · cylindress · cylindrres
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "cylindrée" for "cylindres" ever safe?
Which is more common, "cylindrée" or "cylindres"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "cylindrée" and "cylindres" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "cylindrée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cylindres" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #222,474 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cylindrée" and "cylindres" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cylindre vs cylindrée". 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 #222,474 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.