Which to use
“passibles” and “plausibles” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #34,662
- “passibles” frequency rank
- #48,109
- “plausibles” frequency rank
- 82771
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | passibles | plausibles |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de passible. | Pluriel de plausible. |
Where the eye mixes passibles and plausibles
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. passibles runs 9 letters (CVCCVCCVC) against plausibles's 10 (CCVVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: passibles vs plausibles
A purely visual mix-up. passibles (\pa.sibl\) and plausibles (\plɔ.zibl\) 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 82771, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
passibles is recorded at frequency rank #34,662, classified as anadj, pronounced \pa.sibl\. plausibles is at rank #48,109, tagged as anadj, pronounced \plɔ.zibl\.
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 82771, this pair ranks #16,056 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of passibles vs plausibles
Shared letters: abeilps. Private to "passibles": -. Private to "plausibles": u.
"passibles" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC · "plausibles" · 10 letters · shape CCVVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- passibles ← apssibles · pasibles · pasisbles · passbiles · passibbles · passibels · passibless · passiblles
- plausibles ← lpausibles · palusibles · plasuibles · plauisbles · plausbiles · plausibbles · plausibels · plausibless
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "passibles" and "plausibles" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "passibles" vs "plausibles" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "passibles" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "plausibles" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #16,056 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "passibles" and "plausibles" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "passibles vs passives". 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 #16,056 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.