Which to use
“faucon” and “faucons” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,876
- “faucon” frequency rank
- #32,408
- “faucons” frequency rank
- 49284
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | faucon | faucons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Rapace diurne falconiformes du genre Falco au sein de la famille des falconidés (les autres espèces du genre étant appelées crécerelles), caractérisées par leur taille moyenne à grande, leurs dents tomiales très marquées, la présence de bandes malaires ou "moustaches" chez plusieurs espèces (e.g. faucon lanier, faucon hobereau, etc.), leurs ailes pointues, souvent à longue queue, leur vue extrêmement perçante, et qu’on dressait autrefois pour la chasse. | Pluriel de faucon. |
Same sound, different letters: faucon vs faucons
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. faucon runs 6 letters (CVVCVC) against faucons's 7 (CVVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - faucon / faucons
This is the hard kind. faucon and faucons are pronounced identically (\fo.kɔ̃\) 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) - “faucon” sits inside “faucons”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49284, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
faucon is recorded at frequency rank #16,876, classified as anoun, pronounced \fo.kɔ̃\. faucons is at rank #32,408, tagged as anoun, pronounced \fo.kɔ̃\.
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 49284, this pair ranks #171,933 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of faucon vs faucons
Shared letters: acfnou. Private to "faucon": -. Private to "faucons": s.
"faucon" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC · "faucons" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
"faucon" and "faucons" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "faucon" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "faucons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #171,933 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "faucon" and "faucons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fanon vs faucon". 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 #171,933 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.