Which to use
“jalon” and “jalons” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #45,691
- “jalon” frequency rank
- #33,746
- “jalons” frequency rank
- 79437
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | jalon | jalons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Repère balisé que l’on plante en terre pour prendre des alignements ou déterminer une direction. Souvent une simple tige de bois ou de fer. | Pluriel de jalon. |
Same sound, different letters: jalon vs jalons
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. jalon runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against jalons's 6 (CVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - jalon / jalons
This is the hard kind. jalon and jalons are pronounced identically (\ʒa.lɔ̃\) 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) - “jalon” sits inside “jalons”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 79437, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
jalon is recorded at frequency rank #45,691, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʒa.lɔ̃\. jalons is at rank #33,746, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʒa.lɔ̃\.
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 79437, this pair ranks #23,268 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of jalon vs jalons
Shared letters: ajlno. Private to "jalon": -. Private to "jalons": s.
"jalon" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "jalons" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "jalon" and "jalons" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "jalon" or "jalons"?
What to do next
"jalon" and "jalons" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "jalon" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "jalons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #23,268 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "jalon" and "jalons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "jal vs jalon". 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 #23,268 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.