Which to use
“extrait” and “extraits” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,613
- “extrait” frequency rank
- #4,939
- “extraits” frequency rank
- 7552
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | extrait | extraits |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Substance qu’on a extraite d’une autre par quelque opération. | Pluriel de extrait. |
Same sound, different letters: extrait vs extraits
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - extrait / extraits
This is the hard kind. extrait and extraits are pronounced identically (\ɛk.stʁɛ\) 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) - “extrait” sits inside “extraits”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 7552, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
extrait is recorded at frequency rank #2,613, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɛk.stʁɛ\. extraits is at rank #4,939, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɛks.tʁɛ\.
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 7552, this pair ranks #422,825 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of extrait vs extraits
Shared letters: aeirtx. Private to "extrait": -. Private to "extraits": s.
"extrait" · 7 letters · shape VCCCVVC · "extraits" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "extrait" and "extraits" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "extrait" or "extraits" show up more?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "extrait" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "extraits" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #422,825 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "extrait" and "extraits" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "extraits vs extras". 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 #422,825 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.