Which to use
“passible” and “possibles” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,506
- “passible” frequency rank
- #2,791
- “possibles” frequency rank
- 20297
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | passible | possibles |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui peut subir, qui a mérité de subir une peine. | Pluriel de possible. |
Where the eye mixes passible and possibles
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. passible runs 8 letters (CVCCVCCV) against possibles's 9 (CVCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between passible and possibles
A purely visual mix-up. passible (\pa.sibl\) and possibles (\pɔ.sibl\) 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 20297, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
passible is recorded at frequency rank #17,506, classified as anadj, pronounced \pa.sibl\. possibles is at rank #2,791, tagged as anadj, pronounced \pɔ.sibl\.
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 20297, this pair ranks #368,996 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of passible vs possibles
Shared letters: beilps. Private to "passible": a. Private to "possibles": o.
"passible" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV · "possibles" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "passible" and "possibles" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "passible" or "possibles"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "passible" and "possibles" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "passible" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "possibles" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #368,996 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "passible" and "possibles" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "passable vs passible". 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 #368,996 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.