Which to use
“hawk” and “hawks” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #28,588
- “hawk” frequency rank
- #24,995
- “hawks” frequency rank
- 53583
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hawk | hawks |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Rapace de la famille des accipitridés, et notamment les éperviers et les vautours. | Pluriel de hawk. |
Where the eye mixes hawk and hawks
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between hawk and hawks
A purely visual mix-up. hawk (\hɔːk\) and hawks (\hɔːks\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “hawk” sits inside “hawks”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53583, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hawk is recorded at frequency rank #28,588, classified as anoun, pronounced \hɔːk\. hawks is at rank #24,995, tagged as anoun, pronounced \hɔːks\.
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 53583, this pair ranks #139,719 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of hawk vs hawks
Shared letters: ahkw. Private to "hawk": -. Private to "hawks": s.
"hawk" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "hawks" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "hawk" and "hawks" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "hawk" vs "hawks" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "hawk" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "hawks" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #139,719 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hawk" and "hawks" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hash vs hawk". 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 #139,719 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.