Which to use
“faisan” and “faisans” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #38,797
- “faisan” frequency rank
- #48,523
- “faisans” frequency rank
- 87320
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | faisan | faisans |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nom donné à cinq genres de gallinacés de la famille des phasianidés, englobant une vintaine d'espèces qui fréquentent différents habitats forestiers dans les vallées et les montagnes de toute l'Asie du Sud-Est, présentant un dimorphisme sexuel prononcé et où le mâle arbore souvent un plumage multicolore et richement orné. | Pluriel de faisan. |
Same sound, different letters: faisan vs faisans
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - faisan and faisans
This is the hard kind. faisan and faisans are pronounced identically (\fə.zɑ̃\) 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) - “faisan” sits inside “faisans”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 87320, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
faisan is recorded at frequency rank #38,797, classified as anoun, pronounced \fə.zɑ̃\. faisans is at rank #48,523, tagged as anoun, pronounced \fə.zɑ̃\.
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 87320, this pair ranks #8,422 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of faisan vs faisans
Shared letters: afins. Private to "faisan": -. Private to "faisans": -.
"faisan" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC · "faisans" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "faisan" and "faisans" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "faisan" or "faisans"?
After this comparison
"faisan" and "faisans" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "faisan" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "faisans" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #8,422 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "faisan" and "faisans" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "faisan vs foison". 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 #8,422 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.