Which to use
“implant” and “implants” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #25,005
- “implant” frequency rank
- #21,656
- “implants” frequency rank
- 46661
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | implant | implants |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Greffe ou prothèse dont le but est esthétique ou médical. | Pluriel de implant. |
Same sound, different letters: implant vs implants
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - implant / implants
This is the hard kind. implant and implants are pronounced identically (\ɛ̃.plɑ̃\) 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) - “implant” sits inside “implants”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46661, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
implant is recorded at frequency rank #25,005, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɛ̃.plɑ̃\. implants is at rank #21,656, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɛ̃.plɑ̃\.
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 46661, this pair ranks #193,176 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of implant vs implants
Shared letters: ailmnpt. Private to "implant": -. Private to "implants": s.
"implant" · 7 letters · shape VCCCVCC · "implants" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "implant" and "implants" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "implant" vs "implants" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "implant" / "implants". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "implant" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "implants" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #193,176 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "implant" and "implants" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "implants vs isolants". 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 #193,176 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.