Which to use
“faisceau” and “faisceaux” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,596
- “faisceau” frequency rank
- #22,263
- “faisceaux” frequency rank
- 35859
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | faisceau | faisceaux |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Assemblage de certaines choses de même nature et de forme allongée liées ensemble. | Pluriel de faisceau. |
Same sound, different letters: faisceau vs faisceaux
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. faisceau runs 8 letters (CVVCCVVV) against faisceaux's 9 (CVVCCVVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - faisceau / faisceaux
This is the hard kind. faisceau and faisceaux are pronounced identically (\fɛ.so\) 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) - “faisceau” sits inside “faisceaux”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35859, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
faisceau is recorded at frequency rank #13,596, classified as anoun, pronounced \fɛ.so\. faisceaux is at rank #22,263, tagged as anoun, pronounced \fɛ.so\.
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 35859, this pair ranks #273,726 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of faisceau vs faisceaux
Shared letters: acefisu. Private to "faisceau": -. Private to "faisceaux": x.
"faisceau" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVVV · "faisceaux" · 9 letters · shape CVVCCVVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "faisceau" for "faisceaux" ever safe?
Frequency check: "faisceau" vs "faisceaux" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "faisceau" / "faisceaux". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "faisceau" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "faisceaux" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #273,726 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "faisceau" and "faisceaux" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "faisceaux vs fiscaux". 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 #273,726 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.