Which to use
“nul” and “nulles” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,417
- “nul” frequency rank
- #18,810
- “nulles” frequency rank
- 20227
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | nul | nulles |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Égal à zéro, en parlant d’un nombre, d’une grandeur ou d’une valeur. | Féminin pluriel de nul. |
Same sound, different letters: nul vs nulles
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 3 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - nul / nulles
This is the hard kind. nul and nulles are pronounced identically (\nyl\) 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 3 extra letter(s) - “nul” sits inside “nulles”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20227, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
nul is recorded at frequency rank #1,417, classified as anadj, pronounced \nyl\. nulles is at rank #18,810, tagged as anadj, pronounced \nyl\.
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 20227, this pair ranks #369,349 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of nul vs nulles
Shared letters: lnu. Private to "nul": -. Private to "nulles": es.
"nul" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "nulles" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- nulles ← nlules · nnulles · nulels · nules · nulless · nullse · unlles
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "nul" and "nulles" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "nul" vs "nulles" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "nul" / "nulles". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "nul" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "nulles" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #369,349 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "nul" and "nulles" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Nelle vs nulles". 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 #369,349 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.