Which to use
“frelon” and “frelons” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #39,307
- “frelon” frequency rank
- #45,056
- “frelons” frequency rank
- 84363
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | frelon | frelons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Sorte de grosse guêpe, de nom scientifique Vespa crabro. | Pluriel de frelon. |
Same sound, different letters: frelon vs frelons
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. frelon runs 6 letters (CCVCVC) against frelons's 7 (CCVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - frelon and frelons
This is the hard kind. frelon and frelons are pronounced identically (\fʁə.lɔ̃\) 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) - “frelon” sits inside “frelons”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 84363, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
frelon is recorded at frequency rank #39,307, classified as anoun, pronounced \fʁə.lɔ̃\. frelons is at rank #45,056, tagged as anoun, pronounced \fʁə.lɔ̃\.
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 84363, this pair ranks #13,136 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of frelon vs frelons
Shared letters: eflnor. Private to "frelon": -. Private to "frelons": s.
"frelon" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC · "frelons" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "frelon" for "frelons" ever safe?
Frequency check: "frelon" vs "frelons" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
"frelon" and "frelons" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "frelon" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "frelons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #13,136 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "frelon" and "frelons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fêtons vs frelons". 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 #13,136 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.