Which to use
“fiole” and “fioles” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #33,686
- “fiole” frequency rank
- #46,172
- “fioles” frequency rank
- 79858
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fiole | fioles |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Petit flacon ou petite bouteille de verre à col étroit. | Pluriel de fiole. |
Same sound, different letters: fiole vs fioles
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. fiole runs 5 letters (CVVCV) against fioles's 6 (CVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - fiole / fioles
This is the hard kind. fiole and fioles are pronounced identically (\fjɔl\) 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) - “fiole” sits inside “fioles”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 79858, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fiole is recorded at frequency rank #33,686, classified as anoun, pronounced \fjɔl\. fioles is at rank #46,172, tagged as anoun, pronounced \fjɔl\.
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 79858, this pair ranks #22,317 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of fiole vs fioles
Shared letters: efilo. Private to "fiole": -. Private to "fioles": s.
"fiole" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "fioles" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "fiole" and "fioles" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "fiole" vs "fioles" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "fiole" / "fioles". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "fiole" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fioles" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #22,317 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fiole" and "fioles" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "filez vs fioles". 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 #22,317 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.