Which to use
“Philippines” is a name and “philippins” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #8,906
- “Philippines” frequency rank
- #43,064
- “philippins” frequency rank
- 51970
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Philippines | philippins |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Archipel du Sud-Est de l’Asie, bordé à l’est par la mer des Philippines, à l’ouest par la mer de Chine méridionale, au sud-ouest par la mer de Sulu et au sud par la mer de Célèbes. | Pluriel de philippin. |
Where the eye mixes Philippines and philippins
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: Philippines vs philippins
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Philippines is \fi.li.pin\ while philippins is \fi.li.pɛ̃\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (name vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51970, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Philippines is recorded at frequency rank #8,906, classified as aname, 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 51970, this pair ranks #151,096 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of Philippines vs philippins
Shared letters: hilnps. Private to "Philippines": e. Private to "philippins": -.
"Philippines" · 11 letters · shape CCVCVCCVCVC · "philippins" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- Philippines ← hpilippines · phhilippines · phiilppines · philipines · philipipnes · philippiens · philippiness · philippinnes
- philippins ← hpilippins · phhilippins · phiilppins · philipins · philipipns · philippinns · philippinss · philippisn
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Philippines" for "philippins" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "Philippines" or "philippins" show up more?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "Philippines" 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 #151,096 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Philippines" 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 #151,096 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.