Which to use
“lisible” and “lisibles” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,752
- “lisible” frequency rank
- #36,933
- “lisibles” frequency rank
- 54685
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lisible | lisibles |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est aisé à lire. | Pluriel de lisible. |
Same sound, different letters: lisible vs lisibles
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. lisible runs 7 letters (CVCVCCV) against lisibles's 8 (CVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - lisible and lisibles
This is the hard kind. lisible and lisibles are pronounced identically (\li.zibl\) and both work as anadjective. 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) - “lisible” sits inside “lisibles”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54685, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
lisible is recorded at frequency rank #17,752, classified as anadj, pronounced \li.zibl\. lisibles is at rank #36,933, tagged as anadj, pronounced \li.zibl\.
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 54685, this pair ranks #132,358 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of lisible vs lisibles
Shared letters: beils. Private to "lisible": -. Private to "lisibles": -.
"lisible" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV · "lisibles" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "lisible" for "lisibles" ever safe?
Which is more common, "lisible" or "lisibles"?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "lisible" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "lisibles" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #132,358 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lisible" and "lisibles" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lisible vs Lisle". 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 #132,358 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.