Which to use
“pavillon” and “pavillons” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,903
- “pavillon” frequency rank
- #19,095
- “pavillons” frequency rank
- 24998
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pavillon | pavillons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tente de forme ronde ou carrée, et terminée en pointe par en haut, qui servait jadis au campement des gens de guerre. | Pluriel de pavillon. |
Same sound, different letters: pavillon vs pavillons
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. pavillon runs 8 letters (CVCVCCVC) against pavillons's 9 (CVCVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: pavillon vs pavillons
This is the hard kind. pavillon and pavillons are pronounced identically (\pa.vi.jɔ̃\) 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) - “pavillon” sits inside “pavillons”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24998, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pavillon is recorded at frequency rank #5,903, classified as anoun, pronounced \pa.vi.jɔ̃\. pavillons is at rank #19,095, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pa.vi.jɔ̃\.
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 24998, this pair ranks #343,370 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of pavillon vs pavillons
Shared letters: ailnopv. Private to "pavillon": -. Private to "pavillons": s.
"pavillon" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC · "pavillons" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "pavillon" and "pavillons" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "pavillon" vs "pavillons" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
"pavillon" and "pavillons" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "pavillon" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pavillons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #343,370 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pavillon" and "pavillons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pavillon vs Peillon". 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 #343,370 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.