Which to use
“intervalle” and “intervalles” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,503
- “intervalle” frequency rank
- #16,920
- “intervalles” frequency rank
- 26423
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | intervalle | intervalles |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Distance d’un lieu à un autre. | Pluriel de intervalle. |
Same sound, different letters: intervalle vs intervalles
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters.
Homophone desk: intervalle vs intervalles
This is the hard kind. intervalle and intervalles are pronounced identically (\ɛ̃.tɛʁ.val\) and both work as anoun. 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) - “intervalle” sits inside “intervalles”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26423, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
intervalle is recorded at frequency rank #9,503, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.val\. intervalles is at rank #16,920, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.val\.
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 26423, this pair ranks #335,104 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of intervalle vs intervalles
Shared letters: aeilnrtv. Private to "intervalle": -. Private to "intervalles": s.
"intervalle" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVCCV · "intervalles" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- intervalle ← inetrvalle · inntervalle · interavlle · interrvalle · intervale · intervalel · intervlale · intervvalle
- intervalles ← inetrvalles · inntervalles · interavlles · interrvalles · intervalels · intervales · intervalless · intervallse
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "intervalle" and "intervalles" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "intervalle" or "intervalles"?
Useful next steps
"intervalle" and "intervalles" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "intervalle" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "intervalles" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #335,104 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "intervalle" and "intervalles" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "interpellés vs intervalles". 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 #335,104 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.