Which to use
“incomparable” and “incomparables” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,391
- “incomparable” frequency rank
- #47,958
- “incomparables” frequency rank
- 64349
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | incomparable | incomparables |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | À qui ou à quoi rien ne peut être comparé. | Pluriel d’incomparable. |
Same sound, different letters: incomparable vs incomparables
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 12 letters. incomparable runs 12 letters (VCCVCCVCVCCV) against incomparables's 13 (VCCVCCVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: incomparable vs incomparables
This is the hard kind. incomparable and incomparables are pronounced identically (\ɛ̃.kɔ̃.pa.ʁabl\) 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) - “incomparable” sits inside “incomparables”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64349, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
incomparable is recorded at frequency rank #16,391, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.kɔ̃.pa.ʁabl\. incomparables is at rank #47,958, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.kɔ̃.pa.ʁabl\.
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 64349, this pair ranks #77,483 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of incomparable vs incomparables
Shared letters: abceilmnopr. Private to "incomparable": -. Private to "incomparables": s.
"incomparable" · 12 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVCCV · "incomparables" · 13 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- incomparable ← icnomparable · inccomparable · incmoparable · incomaprable · incommparable · incompaarble · incomparabble · incomparabel
- incomparables ← icnomparables · inccomparables · incmoparables · incomaprables · incommparables · incompaarbles · incomparabbles · incomparabels
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "incomparable" for "incomparables" ever safe?
Frequency check: "incomparable" vs "incomparables" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "incomparable" / "incomparables". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "incomparable" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "incomparables" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #77,483 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "incomparable" and "incomparables" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "incomparables vs incompatibles". 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 #77,483 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.