Which to use
“enclin” and “enclins” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,534
- “enclin” frequency rank
- #25,302
- “enclins” frequency rank
- 44836
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | enclin | enclins |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est porté de son naturel à quelque chose. | Masculin pluriel d’enclin. |
Same sound, different letters: enclin vs enclins
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. enclin runs 6 letters (VCCCVC) against enclins's 7 (VCCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - enclin / enclins
This is the hard kind. enclin and enclins are pronounced identically (\ɑ̃.klɛ̃\) and both work as anadjective. 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) - “enclin” sits inside “enclins”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44836, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
enclin is recorded at frequency rank #19,534, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɑ̃.klɛ̃\. enclins is at rank #25,302, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɑ̃.klɛ̃\.
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 44836, this pair ranks #207,449 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of enclin vs enclins
Shared letters: ceiln. Private to "enclin": -. Private to "enclins": s.
"enclin" · 6 letters · shape VCCCVC · "enclins" · 7 letters · shape VCCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "enclin" and "enclins" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "enclin" vs "enclins" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
"enclin" and "enclins" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "enclin" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "enclins" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #207,449 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "enclin" and "enclins" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "écrin vs enclin". 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 #207,449 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.