Which to use
“improbable” and “improbables” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,676
- “improbable” frequency rank
- #25,006
- “improbables” frequency rank
- 34682
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | improbable | improbables |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui n’a pas de probabilité ; qui n’est pas probable. | Pluriel de improbable. |
Same sound, different letters: improbable vs improbables
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - improbable and improbables
This is the hard kind. improbable and improbables are pronounced identically (\ɛ̃.pʁɔ.babl\) and both work as anadjective. 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) - “improbable” sits inside “improbables”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34682, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
improbable is recorded at frequency rank #9,676, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.pʁɔ.babl\. improbables is at rank #25,006, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.pʁɔ.babl\.
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 34682, this pair ranks #282,132 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of improbable vs improbables
Shared letters: abeilmopr. Private to "improbable": -. Private to "improbables": s.
"improbable" · 10 letters · shape VCCCVCVCCV · "improbables" · 11 letters · shape VCCCVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- improbable ← immprobable · imporbable · impprobable · imprboable · improabble · improbabble · improbabel · improbablle
- improbables ← immprobables · imporbables · impprobables · imprboables · improabbles · improbabbles · improbabels · improbabless
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "improbable" / "improbables". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "improbable" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "improbables" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #282,132 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "improbable" and "improbables" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "imposables vs improbables". 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 #282,132 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.