Which to use
“isolant” and “isolants” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #23,912
- “isolant” frequency rank
- #47,401
- “isolants” frequency rank
- 71313
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | isolant | isolants |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui ne transmet pas librement l’électricité. | Masculin pluriel de isolant. |
Letter map: isolant vs isolants
Shared letters muted; letters that set isolant and isolants apart highlighted. Shared run: 7.
Spelling & dictionary notes on isolant vs isolants
isolant and isolants are indexed as a confusable French pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “isolant” sits inside “isolants”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 71313, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
isolant is recorded at frequency rank #23,912, classified as anadj. isolants is at rank #47,401, tagged as anadj, pronounced \i.zɔ.lɑ̃\.
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 71313, this pair ranks #47,986 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of isolant vs isolants
Shared letters: ailnost. Private to "isolant": -. Private to "isolants": -.
"isolant" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCC · "isolants" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "isolant" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "isolants" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #47,986 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "isolant" and "isolants" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "islands vs isolants". 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 #47,986 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.