Which to use
“kil” and “kilos” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #21,983
- “kil” frequency rank
- #5,472
- “kilos” frequency rank
- 27455
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | kil | kilos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Mesure de volume équivalente à environ deux litres. | Pluriel de kilo. |
Where the eye mixes kil and kilos
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. kil runs 3 letters (CVC) against kilos's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: kil vs kilos
A purely visual mix-up. kil (\kil\) and kilos (\ki.lo\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “kil” sits inside “kilos”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27455, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
kil is recorded at frequency rank #21,983, classified as anoun, pronounced \kil\. kilos is at rank #5,472, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ki.lo\.
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 27455, this pair ranks #328,836 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of kil vs kilos
Shared letters: ikl. Private to "kil": -. Private to "kilos": os.
"kil" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "kilos" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- kilos ← iklos · killos · kiloss · kilso · kiols · kkilos · klios
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "kil" and "kilos" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "kil" vs "kilos" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "kil" and "kilos" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "kil" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "kilos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #328,836 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "kil" and "kilos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "kil vs ky". 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 #328,836 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.