Which to use
“narine” and “narines” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #42,481
- “narine” frequency rank
- #20,206
- “narines” frequency rank
- 62687
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | narine | narines |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Chacune des deux ouvertures du nez par lesquelles l’être humain respire et perçoit les odeurs. | Pluriel de narine. |
Same sound, different letters: narine vs narines
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Homophone desk: narine vs narines
This is the hard kind. narine and narines are pronounced identically (\na.ʁin\) 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) - “narine” sits inside “narines”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62687, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
narine is recorded at frequency rank #42,481, classified as anoun, pronounced \na.ʁin\. narines is at rank #20,206, tagged as anoun, pronounced \na.ʁin\.
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 62687, this pair ranks #85,853 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of narine vs narines
Shared letters: aeinr. Private to "narine": -. Private to "narines": s.
"narine" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "narines" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "narine" and "narines" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "narine" or "narines"?
After this comparison
"narine" and "narines" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "narine" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "narines" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #85,853 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "narine" and "narines" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "naines vs narine". 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 #85,853 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.