Which to use
“oncle” and “oncles” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,415
- “oncle” frequency rank
- #21,098
- “oncles” frequency rank
- 24513
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | oncle | oncles |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Frère ou beau-frère de l’un des parents. | Pluriel de oncle. |
Same sound, different letters: oncle vs oncles
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters.
Homophone desk: oncle vs oncles
This is the hard kind. oncle and oncles are pronounced identically (\ɔ̃kl\) 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) - “oncle” sits inside “oncles”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24513, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
oncle is recorded at frequency rank #3,415, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɔ̃kl\. oncles is at rank #21,098, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɔ̃kl\.
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 24513, this pair ranks #346,195 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of oncle vs oncles
Shared letters: celno. Private to "oncle": -. Private to "oncles": s.
"oncle" · 5 letters · shape VCCCV · "oncles" · 6 letters · shape VCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "oncle" and "oncles" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "oncle" vs "oncles" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "oncle" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "oncles" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #346,195 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "oncle" and "oncles" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "oncles vs ondulés". 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 #346,195 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.