Which to use
“feuilleton” and “feuilletons” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,791
- “feuilleton” frequency rank
- #39,800
- “feuilletons” frequency rank
- 53591
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | feuilleton | feuilletons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Partie de certains journaux, ordinairement au bas des pages, et contenant des articles de littérature, de critique, de beaux-arts, ou des romans. | Pluriel de feuilleton. |
Same sound, different letters: feuilleton vs feuilletons
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters. feuilleton runs 10 letters (CVVVCCVCVC) against feuilletons's 11 (CVVVCCVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - feuilleton and feuilletons
This is the hard kind. feuilleton and feuilletons are pronounced identically (\fœj.tɔ̃\) 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) - “feuilleton” sits inside “feuilletons”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53591, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
feuilleton is recorded at frequency rank #13,791, classified as anoun, pronounced \fœj.tɔ̃\. feuilletons is at rank #39,800, tagged as anoun, pronounced \fœj.tɔ̃\.
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 53591, this pair ranks #139,672 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of feuilleton vs feuilletons
Shared letters: efilnotu. Private to "feuilleton": -. Private to "feuilletons": s.
"feuilleton" · 10 letters · shape CVVVCCVCVC · "feuilletons" · 11 letters · shape CVVVCCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- feuilleton ← efuilleton · feiulleton · feuilelton · feuileton · feuilleotn · feuilletno · feuilletonn · feuilletton
- feuilletons ← efuilletons · feiulletons · feuileltons · feuiletons · feuilleotns · feuilletnos · feuilletonns · feuilletonss
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "feuilleton" and "feuilletons" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "feuilleton" vs "feuilletons" - which ranks higher?
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 "feuilleton" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "feuilletons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #139,672 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "feuilleton" and "feuilletons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "feuilletons vs feuillets". 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 #139,672 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.