Which to use
“passerelle” and “passerelles” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,095
- “passerelle” frequency rank
- #25,430
- “passerelles” frequency rank
- 36525
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | passerelle | passerelles |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Sorte de pont étroit qui sert aux piétons. | Pluriel de passerelle. |
Same sound, different letters: passerelle vs passerelles
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters. passerelle runs 10 letters (CVCCVCVCCV) against passerelles's 11 (CVCCVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - passerelle and passerelles
This is the hard kind. passerelle and passerelles are pronounced identically (\pas.ʁɛl\) 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) - “passerelle” sits inside “passerelles”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36525, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
passerelle is recorded at frequency rank #11,095, classified as anoun, pronounced \pas.ʁɛl\. passerelles is at rank #25,430, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pa.sʁɛl\.
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 36525, this pair ranks #268,993 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of passerelle vs passerelles
Shared letters: aelprs. Private to "passerelle": -. Private to "passerelles": -.
"passerelle" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCCV · "passerelles" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- passerelle ← apsserelle · paserelle · pasesrelle · passeerlle · passerele · passerelel · passerlele · passerrelle
- passerelles ← apsserelles · paserelles · pasesrelles · passeerlles · passerelels · passereles · passerelless · passerellse
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "passerelle" and "passerelles" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "passerelle" or "passerelles"?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "passerelle" / "passerelles". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "passerelle" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "passerelles" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #268,993 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- 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 #268,993 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.