Which to use
“gueule” and “gueules” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,363
- “gueule” frequency rank
- #9,324
- “gueules” frequency rank
- 10687
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | gueule | gueules |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Bouche chez les animaux carnassiers, chez certains poissons et certains gros reptiles. | Émail servant à décrire la couleur rouge d’un élément des armoiries : écu, partition, pièce, meuble, etc. |
Same sound, different letters: gueule vs gueules
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Homophone desk: gueule vs gueules
This is the hard kind. gueule and gueules are pronounced identically (\ɡœl\) 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) - “gueule” sits inside “gueules”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10687, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
gueule is recorded at frequency rank #1,363, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɡœl\. gueules is at rank #9,324, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɡœl\.
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 10687, this pair ranks #412,023 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of gueule vs gueules
Shared letters: eglu. Private to "gueule": -. Private to "gueules": s.
"gueule" · 6 letters · shape CVVVCV · "gueules" · 7 letters · shape CVVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "gueule" and "gueules" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "gueule" vs "gueules" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
"gueule" and "gueules" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "gueule" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "gueules" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #412,023 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "gueule" and "gueules" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "geôles vs gueules". 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 #412,023 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.