Which to use
“pigment” and “pigments” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #27,909
- “pigment” frequency rank
- #25,766
- “pigments” frequency rank
- 53675
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pigment | pigments |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Substance colorante généralement insoluble et se fixant à la surface du support sur lequel on l’applique. | Pluriel de pigment. |
Same sound, different letters: pigment vs pigments
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. pigment runs 7 letters (CVCCVCC) against pigments's 8 (CVCCVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - pigment / pigments
This is the hard kind. pigment and pigments are pronounced identically (\piɡ.mɑ̃\) 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) - “pigment” sits inside “pigments”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53675, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pigment is recorded at frequency rank #27,909, classified as anoun, pronounced \piɡ.mɑ̃\. pigments is at rank #25,766, tagged as anoun, pronounced \piɡ.mɑ̃\.
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 53675, this pair ranks #139,176 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of pigment vs pigments
Shared letters: egimnpt. Private to "pigment": -. Private to "pigments": s.
"pigment" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC · "pigments" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "pigment" and "pigments" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "pigment" vs "pigments" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
"pigment" and "pigments" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "pigment" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pigments" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #139,176 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pigment" and "pigments" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pigment vs pillent". 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 #139,176 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.