Which to use
“grenouille” and “grenouilles” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,973
- “grenouille” frequency rank
- #16,896
- “grenouilles” frequency rank
- 28869
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | grenouille | grenouilles |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Amphibien anoure à taille mince et à peau lisse, sauteur et nageur grâce à ses pattes arrière longues et palmées, qui vit ordinairement dans les marais et les étangs. | Pluriel de grenouille. |
Same sound, different letters: grenouille vs grenouilles
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters. grenouille runs 10 letters (CCVCVVVCCV) against grenouilles's 11 (CCVCVVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - grenouille / grenouilles
This is the hard kind. grenouille and grenouilles are pronounced identically (\ɡʁə.nuj\) 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) - “grenouille” sits inside “grenouilles”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28869, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
grenouille is recorded at frequency rank #11,973, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɡʁə.nuj\. grenouilles is at rank #16,896, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɡʁə.nuj\.
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 28869, this pair ranks #320,157 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of grenouille vs grenouilles
Shared letters: egilnoru. Private to "grenouille": -. Private to "grenouilles": s.
"grenouille" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVVVCCV · "grenouilles" · 11 letters · shape CCVCVVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- grenouille ← gernouille · ggrenouille · grennouille · grenoiulle · grenouile · grenouilel · grenoulile · grenuoille
- grenouilles ← gernouilles · ggrenouilles · grennouilles · grenoiulles · grenouilels · grenouiles · grenouilless · grenouillse
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "grenouille" for "grenouilles" ever safe?
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Useful next steps
"grenouille" and "grenouilles" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "grenouille" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "grenouilles" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #320,157 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "grenouille" and "grenouilles" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "grenouille vs grouille". 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 #320,157 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.