Which to use
“passibles” and “possibles” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #34,662
- “passibles” frequency rank
- #2,791
- “possibles” frequency rank
- 37453
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | passibles | possibles |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de passible. | Pluriel de possible. |
Where the eye mixes passibles and possibles
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. passibles and possibles follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between passibles and possibles
A purely visual mix-up. passibles (\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 a single letter - a in “passibles” becomes o in “possibles”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37453, 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\. 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 37453, this pair ranks #262,413 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of passibles vs possibles
Shared letters: beilps. Private to "passibles": a. Private to "possibles": o.
"passibles" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC · "possibles" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "passibles" and "possibles" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "passibles" or "possibles"?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "passibles" 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 #262,413 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "passibles" and "possibles" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "passibles vs plausibles". 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 #262,413 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.