Which to use
“eagle” and “eagles” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #24,205
- “eagle” frequency rank
- #23,193
- “eagles” frequency rank
- 47398
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | eagle | eagles |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Performance d’un joueur ou d’une joueuse qui réussit deux coups sous le par. | Pluriel de eagle. |
Where the eye mixes eagle and eagles
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between eagle and eagles
A purely visual mix-up. eagle (\i.ɡœl\) and eagles (\i.ɡəl\) 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 extra letter(s) - “eagle” sits inside “eagles”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47398, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
eagle is recorded at frequency rank #24,205, classified as anoun, pronounced \i.ɡœl\. eagles is at rank #23,193, tagged as anoun, pronounced \i.ɡəl\.
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 47398, this pair ranks #187,295 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of eagle vs eagles
Shared letters: aegl. Private to "eagle": -. Private to "eagles": s.
"eagle" · 5 letters · shape VVCCV · "eagles" · 6 letters · shape VVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "eagle" and "eagles" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "eagle" vs "eagles" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "eagle" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "eagles" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #187,295 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "eagle" and "eagles" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "eagles vs édiles". 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 #187,295 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.