Which to use
“grenade” and “grenades” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,968
- “grenade” frequency rank
- #12,975
- “grenades” frequency rank
- 20943
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | grenade | grenades |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Fruit du grenadier, grosse baie ronde, de la taille d’une grosse orange, à écorce dure et coriace, de couleur rouge ou jaune-beige, qui renferme dans des loges délimitées par des cloisons épaisses, de nombreux pépins de couleur rose-saumon à rouge rubis, d’une forme caractéristique en gemme de rubis, et dont seul l'arille qui entoure chacun d'eux est comestible. Sa peau est toxique car elle contient divers alcaloïdes telle la pelletiérine. | Pluriel de grenade. |
Same sound, different letters: grenade vs grenades
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.
Homophone desk: grenade vs grenades
This is the hard kind. grenade and grenades are pronounced identically (\ɡʁə.nad\) 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) - “grenade” sits inside “grenades”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20943, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
grenade is recorded at frequency rank #7,968, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɡʁə.nad\. grenades is at rank #12,975, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɡʁə.nad\.
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 20943, this pair ranks #365,663 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of grenade vs grenades
Shared letters: adegnr. Private to "grenade": -. Private to "grenades": s.
"grenade" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCV · "grenades" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "grenade" and "grenades" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "grenade" vs "grenades" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "grenade" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "grenades" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #365,663 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "grenade" and "grenades" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "grenades vs grenadier". 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 #365,663 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.