Which to use
“pellicule” and “pellicules” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,508
- “pellicule” frequency rank
- #35,201
- “pellicules” frequency rank
- 52709
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pellicule | pellicules |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Petite peau, peau extrêmement mince et déliée. | Pluriel de pellicule. |
Same sound, different letters: pellicule vs pellicules
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. pellicule runs 9 letters (CVCCVCVCV) against pellicules's 10 (CVCCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - pellicule and pellicules
This is the hard kind. pellicule and pellicules are pronounced identically (\pɛ.li.kyl\) 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) - “pellicule” sits inside “pellicules”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52709, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pellicule is recorded at frequency rank #17,508, classified as anoun, pronounced \pɛ.li.kyl\. pellicules is at rank #35,201, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pɛ.li.kyl\.
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 52709, this pair ranks #145,837 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of pellicule vs pellicules
Shared letters: ceilpu. Private to "pellicule": -. Private to "pellicules": s.
"pellicule" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV · "pellicules" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- pellicule ← epllicule · pelicule · pelilcule · pellciule · pelliccule · pelliclue · pellicuel · pelliculle
- pellicules ← epllicules · pelicules · pelilcules · pellciules · pelliccules · pelliclues · pellicuels · pelliculess
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "pellicule" and "pellicules" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "pellicule" or "pellicules" show up more?
What to do next
"pellicule" and "pellicules" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "pellicule" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pellicules" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #145,837 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- 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 #145,837 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.