Which to use
“ongles” and “onglets” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,721
- “ongles” frequency rank
- #37,456
- “onglets” frequency rank
- 44177
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ongles | onglets |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de ongle. | Pluriel de onglet. |
Where the eye mixes ongles and onglets
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: ongles vs onglets
A purely visual mix-up. ongles (\ɔ̃ɡl\) and onglets (\ɔ̃.ɡlɛ\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44177, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ongles is recorded at frequency rank #6,721, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɔ̃ɡl\. onglets is at rank #37,456, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɔ̃.ɡlɛ\.
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 44177, this pair ranks #212,446 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of ongles vs onglets
Shared letters: eglnos. Private to "ongles": -. Private to "onglets": t.
"ongles" · 6 letters · shape VCCCVC · "onglets" · 7 letters · shape VCCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "ongles" and "onglets" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "ongles" or "onglets" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "ongles" and "onglets" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "ongles" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "onglets" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #212,446 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ongles" and "onglets" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "oncles vs onglets". 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 #212,446 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.