échoppevséchoppesConfusable pair

Which to use

“échoppe” and “échoppes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#47,111
“échoppe” frequency rank
#47,112
“échoppes” frequency rank
94223
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature échoppe échoppes
Definition Petite boutique ordinairement en appentis et adossée contre une muraille. Pluriel de échoppe.

Same sound, different letters: échoppe vs échoppes

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. échoppe runs 7 letters (VCCVCCV) against échoppes's 8 (VCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
échoppe
8 ch
échoppes

Ear matches; page differs - échoppe and échoppes

This is the hard kind. échoppe and échoppes are pronounced identically (\e.ʃɔp\) 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) - “échoppe” sits inside “échoppes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 94223, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

échoppe is recorded at frequency rank #47,111, classified as anoun, pronounced \e.ʃɔp\. échoppes is at rank #47,112, tagged as anoun, pronounced \e.ʃɔp\.

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 94223, this pair ranks #1,777 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of échoppe vs échoppes

Shared letters: cehopé. Private to "échoppe": -. Private to "échoppes": s.

"échoppe" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV  ·  "échoppes" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "échoppe" and "échoppes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are pronounced the same (\e.ʃɔp\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Frequency check: "échoppe" vs "échoppes" - which ranks higher?
"échoppe" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #47,111 in our French list, against #47,112 for "échoppes". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.

  • Full dictionary entry for "échoppe" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "échoppes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,777 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "échoppe" and "échoppes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "échoppe vs échouée". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #1,777 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list