Which to use
“patrouille” and “patrouilles” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,361
- “patrouille” frequency rank
- #16,200
- “patrouilles” frequency rank
- 25561
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | patrouille | patrouilles |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Ronde de nuit faite par des troupes de garde dans une ville, pour la sûreté des habitants. | Pluriel de patrouille. |
Same sound, different letters: patrouille vs patrouilles
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters. patrouille runs 10 letters (CVCCVVVCCV) against patrouilles's 11 (CVCCVVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - patrouille and patrouilles
This is the hard kind. patrouille and patrouilles are pronounced identically (\pa.tʁuj\) 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) - “patrouille” sits inside “patrouilles”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25561, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
patrouille is recorded at frequency rank #9,361, classified as anoun, pronounced \pa.tʁuj\. patrouilles is at rank #16,200, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pa.tʁuj\.
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 25561, this pair ranks #340,161 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of patrouille vs patrouilles
Shared letters: aeiloprtu. Private to "patrouille": -. Private to "patrouilles": s.
"patrouille" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVVVCCV · "patrouilles" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- patrouille ← aptrouille · partouille · patoruille · patroiulle · patrouile · patrouilel · patroulile · patrrouille
- patrouilles ← aptrouilles · partouilles · patoruilles · patroiulles · patrouilels · patrouiles · patrouilless · patrouillse
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "patrouille" and "patrouilles" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "patrouille" or "patrouilles"?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "patrouille" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "patrouilles" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #340,161 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "patrouille" and "patrouilles" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "patrouilles vs patrouilleur". 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 #340,161 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.