Which to use
“philippine” is a noun and “philippins” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #30,305
- “philippine” frequency rank
- #43,064
- “philippins” frequency rank
- 73369
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | philippine | philippins |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Jeu qui consiste, quand on trouve une amande double, à la partager avec quelqu’un, et par la suite, pour gagner, à être le premier qui aborde l’autre en disant « Bonjour philippine ». | Pluriel de philippin. |
Where the eye mixes philippine and philippins
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses philippine with philippins
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: philippine is \fi.li.pin\ while philippins is \fi.li.pɛ̃\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - e in “philippine” becomes s in “philippins”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 73369, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
philippine is recorded at frequency rank #30,305, classified as anoun, pronounced \fi.li.pin\. philippins is at rank #43,064, tagged as anadj, pronounced \fi.li.pɛ̃\.
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 73369, this pair ranks #40,715 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of philippine vs philippins
Shared letters: hilnp. Private to "philippine": e. Private to "philippins": s.
"philippine" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVCCVCV · "philippins" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- philippine ← hpilippine · phhilippine · phiilppine · philipine · philipipne · philippien · philippinne · philippnie
- philippins ← hpilippins · phhilippins · phiilppins · philipins · philipipns · philippinns · philippinss · philippisn
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "philippine" and "philippins" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "philippine" or "philippins" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "philippine" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "philippins" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #40,715 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "philippine" and "philippins" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "philippin vs philippins". 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 #40,715 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.