Which to use
“franchi” and “franchis” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,841
- “franchi” frequency rank
- #36,854
- “franchis” frequency rank
- 46695
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | franchi | franchis |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de franchir. | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de franchir. |
Same sound, different letters: franchi vs franchis
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. franchi runs 7 letters (CCVCCCV) against franchis's 8 (CCVCCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - franchi and franchis
This is the hard kind. franchi and franchis are pronounced identically (\fʁɑ̃.ʃi\) and both work as averb. 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) - “franchi” sits inside “franchis”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46695, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
franchi is recorded at frequency rank #9,841, classified as averb, pronounced \fʁɑ̃.ʃi\. franchis is at rank #36,854, tagged as averb, pronounced \fʁɑ̃.ʃi\.
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 46695, this pair ranks #192,870 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of franchi vs franchis
Shared letters: acfhinr. Private to "franchi": -. Private to "franchis": s.
"franchi" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCCV · "franchis" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "franchi" and "franchis" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "franchi" vs "franchis" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "franchi" / "franchis". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "franchi" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "franchis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #192,870 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "franchi" and "franchis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "franchis vs francos". 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 #192,870 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.