Which to use
“mongoles” and “mongols” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #39,900
- “mongoles” frequency rank
- #27,527
- “mongols” frequency rank
- 67427
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mongoles | mongols |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de mongol. | Masculin pluriel de mongol. |
Same sound, different letters: mongoles vs mongols
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - mongoles / mongols
This is the hard kind. mongoles and mongols are pronounced identically (\mɔ̃.ɡɔl\) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67427, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mongoles is recorded at frequency rank #39,900, classified as anadj, pronounced \mɔ̃.ɡɔl\. mongols is at rank #27,527, tagged as anadj, pronounced \mɔ̃.ɡɔl\.
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 67427, this pair ranks #63,484 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of mongoles vs mongols
Shared letters: glmnos. Private to "mongoles": e. Private to "mongols": -.
"mongoles" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC · "mongols" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "mongoles" and "mongols" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "mongoles" or "mongols" show up more?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "mongoles" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mongols" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #63,484 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mongoles" and "mongols" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mongols vs montons". 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 #63,484 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.