Which to use
“pépite” and “pépites” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #22,667
- “pépite” frequency rank
- #19,122
- “pépites” frequency rank
- 41789
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pépite | pépites |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Morceau d’or natif plus grand qu’un grain d'or ou une paillette, détaché de sa gangue et roulé par les eaux. | Pluriel de pépite. |
Same sound, different letters: pépite vs pépites
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. pépite runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against pépites's 7 (CVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - pépite / pépites
This is the hard kind. pépite and pépites are pronounced identically (\pe.pit\) 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) - “pépite” sits inside “pépites”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41789, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pépite is recorded at frequency rank #22,667, classified as anoun, pronounced \pe.pit\. pépites is at rank #19,122, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pe.pit\.
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 41789, this pair ranks #230,475 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of pépite vs pépites
Shared letters: eipté. Private to "pépite": -. Private to "pépites": s.
"pépite" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "pépites" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
"pépite" and "pépites" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "pépite" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pépites" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #230,475 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pépite" and "pépites" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pépites vs pètes". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #230,475 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.