Which to use
“individuel” and “individuels” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,466
- “individuel” frequency rank
- #7,844
- “individuels” frequency rank
- 13310
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | individuel | individuels |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est de l’individu ; qui appartient à l’individu. | Masculin pluriel de individuel. |
Same sound, different letters: individuel vs individuels
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters. individuel runs 10 letters (VCCVCVCVVC) against individuels's 11 (VCCVCVCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - individuel / individuels
This is the hard kind. individuel and individuels are pronounced identically (\ɛ̃.di.vi.dɥɛl\) 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) - “individuel” sits inside “individuels”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13310, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
individuel is recorded at frequency rank #5,466, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.di.vi.dɥɛl\. individuels is at rank #7,844, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.di.vi.dɥɛl\.
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 13310, this pair ranks #401,526 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of individuel vs individuels
Shared letters: deilnuv. Private to "individuel": -. Private to "individuels": s.
"individuel" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCVCVVC · "individuels" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- individuel ← idnividuel · inddividuel · indiivduel · indivdiuel · individduel · individeul · individuell · individule
- individuels ← idnividuels · inddividuels · indiivduels · indivdiuels · individduels · individeuls · individuells · individuelss
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
"individuel" and "individuels" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "individuel" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "individuels" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #401,526 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "individuel" and "individuels" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "individuelles vs individuels". 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 #401,526 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.