Which to use
“flocon” and “flocons” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #36,395
- “flocon” frequency rank
- #21,017
- “flocons” frequency rank
- 57412
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | flocon | flocons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Petite touffe, amas léger de neige, de laine, de soie, etc. | Pluriel de flocon. |
Same sound, different letters: flocon vs flocons
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Homophone desk: flocon vs flocons
This is the hard kind. flocon and flocons are pronounced identically (\flɔ.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) - “flocon” sits inside “flocons”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57412, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
flocon is recorded at frequency rank #36,395, classified as anoun, pronounced \flɔ.kɔ̃\. flocons is at rank #21,017, tagged as anoun, pronounced \flɔ.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 57412, this pair ranks #115,197 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of flocon vs flocons
Shared letters: cflno. Private to "flocon": -. Private to "flocons": s.
"flocon" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC · "flocons" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "flocon" and "flocons" mean the same thing in a sentence?
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After this comparison
"flocon" and "flocons" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "flocon" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "flocons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #115,197 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "flocon" and "flocons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "flocon vs florin". 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 #115,197 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.