Which to use
“nazi” and “nazis” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,996
- “nazi” frequency rank
- #6,530
- “nazis” frequency rank
- 14526
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | nazi | nazis |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui se rapporte au parti national-socialiste d’Adolf Hitler. | Masculin pluriel de nazi. |
Same sound, different letters: nazi vs nazis
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters. nazi runs 4 letters (CVCV) against nazis's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: nazi vs nazis
This is the hard kind. nazi and nazis are pronounced identically (\na.zi\) 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) - “nazi” sits inside “nazis”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14526, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
nazi is recorded at frequency rank #7,996, classified as anadj, pronounced \na.zi\. nazis is at rank #6,530, tagged as anadj, pronounced \na.zi\.
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 14526, this pair ranks #396,291 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of nazi vs nazis
Shared letters: ainz. Private to "nazi": -. Private to "nazis": s.
"nazi" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "nazis" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "nazi" and "nazis" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "nazi" or "nazis"?
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 "nazi" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "nazis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #396,291 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "nazi" and "nazis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "nazi vs nini". 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 #396,291 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.