Which to use
“picture” and “pictures” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #27,908
- “picture” frequency rank
- #24,715
- “pictures” frequency rank
- 52623
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | picture | pictures |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Image. | Pluriel de picture. |
Where the eye mixes picture and pictures
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. picture runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against pictures's 8 (CVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between picture and pictures
A purely visual mix-up. picture (\ˈpɪk.tʃɚ\) and pictures (\ˈpɪk.tʃɚz\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “picture” sits inside “pictures”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52623, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
picture is recorded at frequency rank #27,908, classified as anoun, pronounced \ˈpɪk.tʃɚ\. pictures is at rank #24,715, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ˈpɪk.tʃɚz\.
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 52623, this pair ranks #146,407 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of picture vs pictures
Shared letters: ceiprtu. Private to "picture": -. Private to "pictures": s.
"picture" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "pictures" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "picture" and "pictures" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "picture" or "pictures"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "picture" and "pictures" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "picture" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pictures" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #146,407 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "picture" and "pictures" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pictural vs picture". 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 #146,407 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.