Which to use
“églises” and “ellipses” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,114
- “églises” frequency rank
- #41,763
- “ellipses” frequency rank
- 45877
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | églises | ellipses |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de église. | Pluriel de ellipse. |
Where the eye mixes églises and ellipses
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. églises runs 7 letters (VCCVCVC) against ellipses's 8 (VCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: églises vs ellipses
A purely visual mix-up. églises (\e.ɡliz\) and ellipses (\e.lips\) 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 45877, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
églises is recorded at frequency rank #4,114, classified as anoun, pronounced \e.ɡliz\. ellipses is at rank #41,763, tagged as anoun, pronounced \e.lips\.
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 45877, this pair ranks #199,347 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of églises vs ellipses
Shared letters: eils. Private to "églises": gé. Private to "ellipses": p.
"églises" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC · "ellipses" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- ellipses ← elilpses · elipses · ellipess · ellippses · ellipsess · ellipsses · ellispes · ellpises
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "églises" for "ellipses" ever safe?
Frequency check: "églises" vs "ellipses" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "églises" and "ellipses" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "églises" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ellipses" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #199,347 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "églises" and "ellipses" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "éclipses vs ellipses". 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 #199,347 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.