Which to use
“incomplet” and “incomplets” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #21,353
- “incomplet” frequency rank
- #42,943
- “incomplets” frequency rank
- 64296
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | incomplet | incomplets |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui n’est pas complet. | Masculin pluriel de incomplet. |
Same sound, different letters: incomplet vs incomplets
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. incomplet runs 9 letters (VCCVCCCVC) against incomplets's 10 (VCCVCCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: incomplet vs incomplets
This is the hard kind. incomplet and incomplets are pronounced identically (\ɛ̃.kɔ̃.plɛ\) 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) - “incomplet” sits inside “incomplets”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64296, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
incomplet is recorded at frequency rank #21,353, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.kɔ̃.plɛ\. incomplets is at rank #42,943, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.kɔ̃.plɛ\.
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 64296, this pair ranks #77,749 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of incomplet vs incomplets
Shared letters: ceilmnopt. Private to "incomplet": -. Private to "incomplets": s.
"incomplet" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCCVC · "incomplets" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- incomplet ← icnomplet · inccomplet · incmoplet · incomlpet · incommplet · incompelt · incomplett · incompllet
- incomplets ← icnomplets · inccomplets · incmoplets · incomlpets · incommplets · incompelts · incomplest · incompletss
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "incomplet" and "incomplets" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "incomplet" or "incomplets"?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "incomplet" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "incomplets" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #77,749 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "incomplet" and "incomplets" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "incomplètes vs incomplets". 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 #77,749 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.