Which to use
“myrtille” and “myrtilles” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #42,476
- “myrtille” frequency rank
- #38,932
- “myrtilles” frequency rank
- 81408
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | myrtille | myrtilles |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Sous-arbrisseau de la famille des Éricacées du genre Vaccinium portant des feuilles caduques ovales et finement dentelées formant de vastes populations en sous-bois ou en pleine lumière en compagnie des bruyères dans les montagnes siliceuses de l’hémisphère nord. | Pluriel de myrtille. |
Same sound, different letters: myrtille vs myrtilles
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. myrtille runs 8 letters (CVCCVCCV) against myrtilles's 9 (CVCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: myrtille vs myrtilles
This is the hard kind. myrtille and myrtilles are pronounced identically (\miʁ.tij\) 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) - “myrtille” sits inside “myrtilles”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 81408, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
myrtille is recorded at frequency rank #42,476, classified as anoun, pronounced \miʁ.tij\. myrtilles is at rank #38,932, tagged as anoun, pronounced \miʁ.tij\.
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 81408, this pair ranks #18,822 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of myrtille vs myrtilles
Shared letters: eilmrty. Private to "myrtille": -. Private to "myrtilles": s.
"myrtille" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV · "myrtilles" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "myrtille" for "myrtilles" ever safe?
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Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "myrtille" / "myrtilles". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "myrtille" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "myrtilles" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #18,822 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "myrtille" and "myrtilles" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "martiale vs myrtille". 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 #18,822 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.