Which to use
“inflammable” and “inflammables” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #32,857
- “inflammable” frequency rank
- #46,818
- “inflammables” frequency rank
- 79675
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | inflammable | inflammables |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui s’enflamme facilement, qui prend rapidement feu. | Pluriel de inflammable. |
Same sound, different letters: inflammable vs inflammables
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 11 letters. inflammable runs 11 letters (VCCCVCCVCCV) against inflammables's 12 (VCCCVCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - inflammable and inflammables
This is the hard kind. inflammable and inflammables are pronounced identically (\ɛ̃.fla.mabl\) 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) - “inflammable” sits inside “inflammables”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 79675, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
inflammable is recorded at frequency rank #32,857, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.fla.mabl\. inflammables is at rank #46,818, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.fla.mabl\.
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 79675, this pair ranks #22,732 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of inflammable vs inflammables
Shared letters: abefilmn. Private to "inflammable": -. Private to "inflammables": s.
"inflammable" · 11 letters · shape VCCCVCCVCCV · "inflammables" · 12 letters · shape VCCCVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- inflammable ← ifnlammable · infalmmable · infflammable · inflamable · inflamamble · inflammabble · inflammabel · inflammablle
- inflammables ← ifnlammables · infalmmables · infflammables · inflamables · inflamambles · inflammabbles · inflammabels · inflammabless
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "inflammable" for "inflammables" ever safe?
Which is more common, "inflammable" or "inflammables"?
After this comparison
"inflammable" and "inflammables" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "inflammable" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "inflammables" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #22,732 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- 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 #22,732 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.