Which to use
“notes” and “notices” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,747
- “notes” frequency rank
- #19,079
- “notices” frequency rank
- 20826
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | notes | notices |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de note. | Pluriel de notice. |
Where the eye mixes notes and notices
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: notes vs notices
A purely visual mix-up. notes (\nɔt\) and notices (\nɔ.tis\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20826, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
notes is recorded at frequency rank #1,747, classified as anoun, pronounced \nɔt\. notices is at rank #19,079, tagged as anoun, pronounced \nɔ.tis\.
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 20826, this pair ranks #366,291 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of notes vs notices
Shared letters: enost. Private to "notes": -. Private to "notices": ci.
"notes" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "notices" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "notes" and "notices" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "notes" or "notices" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "notes" and "notices" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "notes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "notices" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #366,291 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "notes" and "notices" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "natives vs notices". 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 #366,291 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.