Which to use
“gorille” and “gorilles” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #24,986
- “gorille” frequency rank
- #27,826
- “gorilles” frequency rank
- 52812
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | gorille | gorilles |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Grand singe de la famille des hominidés dont la forme se rapproche le plus de celle de l’être humain et qu’on trouve dans plusieurs pays d’Afrique. | Pluriel de gorille. |
Same sound, different letters: gorille vs gorilles
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - gorille / gorilles
This is the hard kind. gorille and gorilles are pronounced identically (\ɡɔ.ʁij\) 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) - “gorille” sits inside “gorilles”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52812, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
gorille is recorded at frequency rank #24,986, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɡɔ.ʁij\. gorilles is at rank #27,826, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɡɔ.ʁij\.
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 52812, this pair ranks #145,111 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of gorille vs gorilles
Shared letters: egilor. Private to "gorille": -. Private to "gorilles": s.
"gorille" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV · "gorilles" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "gorille" and "gorilles" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "gorille" vs "gorilles" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
"gorille" and "gorilles" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "gorille" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "gorilles" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #145,111 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "gorille" and "gorilles" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "gorilla vs gorilles". 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 #145,111 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.