Which to use
“lézard” and “lézards” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,782
- “lézard” frequency rank
- #29,427
- “lézards” frequency rank
- 50209
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lézard | lézards |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Petit reptile saurien à quatre pattes et à longue queue. | Pluriel de lézard. |
Same sound, different letters: lézard vs lézards
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - lézard / lézards
This is the hard kind. lézard and lézards are pronounced identically (\le.zaʁ\) 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) - “lézard” sits inside “lézards”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50209, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
lézard is recorded at frequency rank #20,782, classified as anoun, pronounced \le.zaʁ\. lézards is at rank #29,427, tagged as anoun, pronounced \le.zaʁ\.
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 50209, this pair ranks #164,434 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of lézard vs lézards
Shared letters: adlrzé. Private to "lézard": -. Private to "lézards": s.
"lézard" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC · "lézards" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "lézard" and "lézards" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "lézard" or "lézards"?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "lézard" / "lézards". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "lézard" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "lézards" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #164,434 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lézard" and "lézards" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "léopards vs lézards". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #164,434 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.