Which to use
“icônes” and “idoles” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,311
- “icônes” frequency rank
- #15,647
- “idoles” frequency rank
- 34958
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | icônes | idoles |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de icône. | Pluriel de idole. |
Where the eye mixes icônes and idoles
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. icônes and idoles follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: icônes vs idoles
A purely visual mix-up. icônes (\i.kon\) and idoles (\i.dɔl\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34958, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
icônes is recorded at frequency rank #19,311, classified as anoun, pronounced \i.kon\. idoles is at rank #15,647, tagged as anoun, pronounced \i.dɔl\.
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 34958, this pair ranks #280,172 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of icônes vs idoles
Shared letters: eis. Private to "icônes": cnô. Private to "idoles": dlo.
"icônes" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC · "idoles" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- idoles ← dioles · iddoles · idloes · idoels · idoless · idolles · idolse · iodles
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "icônes" for "idoles" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "icônes" or "idoles" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "icônes" and "idoles" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "icônes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "idoles" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #280,172 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "icônes" and "idoles" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "icônes vs inondés". 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 #280,172 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.