Which to use
“félin” and “félins” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #27,819
- “félin” frequency rank
- #29,785
- “félins” frequency rank
- 57604
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | félin | félins |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui se rapporte au chat ou aux félidés. | Masculin pluriel de félin. |
Same sound, different letters: félin vs félins
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. félin runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against félins's 6 (CVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - félin and félins
This is the hard kind. félin and félins are pronounced identically (\fe.lɛ̃\) and both work as anadjective. 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) - “félin” sits inside “félins”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57604, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
félin is recorded at frequency rank #27,819, classified as anadj, pronounced \fe.lɛ̃\. félins is at rank #29,785, tagged as anadj, pronounced \fe.lɛ̃\.
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 57604, this pair ranks #114,019 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of félin vs félins
Shared letters: filné. Private to "félin": -. Private to "félins": s.
"félin" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "félins" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "félin" and "félins" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "félin" or "félins"?
Useful next steps
"félin" and "félins" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "félin" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "félins" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #114,019 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "félin" and "félins" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "félins vs foins". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #114,019 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.