Which to use
“érable” and “érables” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,499
- “érable” frequency rank
- #45,396
- “érables” frequency rank
- 58895
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | érable | érables |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Genre d’arbre qui croît naturellement dans les régions tempérées à feuilles opposées, pétiolées et palmatilobées, généralement simples, dont le fruit est une disamare formée de 2 samares réunies à la base, et dont plusieurs espèces fournissent une liqueur qui peut être convertie en sucre par évaporation. | Pluriel de érable. |
Same sound, different letters: érable vs érables
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - érable / érables
This is the hard kind. érable and érables are pronounced identically (\e.ʁabl\) 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) - “érable” sits inside “érables”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58895, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
érable is recorded at frequency rank #13,499, classified as anoun, pronounced \e.ʁabl\. érables is at rank #45,396, tagged as anoun, pronounced \e.ʁabl\.
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 58895, this pair ranks #106,268 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of érable vs érables
Shared letters: abelré. Private to "érable": -. Private to "érables": s.
"érable" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCV · "érables" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "érable" and "érables" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "érable" or "érables"?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "érable" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "érables" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #106,268 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "érable" and "érables" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "érables vs étable". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #106,268 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.