Which to use
“ghost” and “ghosts” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,636
- “ghost” frequency rank
- #45,636
- “ghosts” frequency rank
- 61272
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ghost | ghosts |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Clone de données, effectué à l'aide du célèbre logiciel Ghost. | Pluriel de ghost. |
Same sound, different letters: ghost vs ghosts
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - ghost and ghosts
This is the hard kind. ghost and ghosts are pronounced identically (\ɡɔst\) 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) - “ghost” sits inside “ghosts”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61272, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ghost is recorded at frequency rank #15,636, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɡɔst\. ghosts is at rank #45,636, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɡɔst\.
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 61272, this pair ranks #93,142 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of ghost vs ghosts
Shared letters: ghost. Private to "ghost": -. Private to "ghosts": -.
"ghost" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC · "ghosts" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "ghost" and "ghosts" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "ghost" vs "ghosts" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "ghost" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ghosts" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #93,142 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ghost" and "ghosts" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ghosts vs gloss". 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 #93,142 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.