Which to use
“paradoxe” and “paradoxes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,359
- “paradoxe” frequency rank
- #27,903
- “paradoxes” frequency rank
- 37262
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | paradoxe | paradoxes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Proposition contraire à l’opinion commune ou à la vraisemblance. | Pluriel de paradoxe. |
Same sound, different letters: paradoxe vs paradoxes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. paradoxe runs 8 letters (CVCVCVCV) against paradoxes's 9 (CVCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - paradoxe / paradoxes
This is the hard kind. paradoxe and paradoxes are pronounced identically (\pa.ʁa.dɔks\) 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) - “paradoxe” sits inside “paradoxes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37262, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
paradoxe is recorded at frequency rank #9,359, classified as anoun, pronounced \pa.ʁa.dɔks\. paradoxes is at rank #27,903, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pa.ʁa.dɔks\.
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 37262, this pair ranks #263,731 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of paradoxe vs paradoxes
Shared letters: adeoprx. Private to "paradoxe": -. Private to "paradoxes": s.
"paradoxe" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV · "paradoxes" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "paradoxe" for "paradoxes" ever safe?
Frequency check: "paradoxe" vs "paradoxes" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "paradoxe" / "paradoxes". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "paradoxe" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "paradoxes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #263,731 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "paradoxe" and "paradoxes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "paraboles vs paradoxes". 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 #263,731 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.