Which to use
“gallon” and “gallons” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #46,783
- “gallon” frequency rank
- #46,784
- “gallons” frequency rank
- 93567
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | gallon | gallons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Mesure britannique de capacité, pour les liquides, valant 4.54609 litres. | Pluriel de gallon. |
Same sound, different letters: gallon vs gallons
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - gallon and gallons
This is the hard kind. gallon and gallons are pronounced identically (\ɡa.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) - “gallon” sits inside “gallons”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 93567, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
gallon is recorded at frequency rank #46,783, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɡa.lɔ̃\. gallons is at rank #46,784, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɡa.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 93567, this pair ranks #2,173 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of gallon vs gallons
Shared letters: aglno. Private to "gallon": -. Private to "gallons": s.
"gallon" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "gallons" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "gallon" for "gallons" ever safe?
Frequency check: "gallon" vs "gallons" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "gallon" / "gallons". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "gallon" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "gallons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #2,173 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "gallon" and "gallons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "gallons vs grillons". 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 #2,173 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.