Which to use
“pilot” and “pilotis” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #31,183
- “pilot” frequency rank
- #36,997
- “pilotis” frequency rank
- 68180
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pilot | pilotis |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Gros pieu de pilotis. | Système de fondation par pieux foncés et recepés portant radier, appelés pilots, en terrain meuble et aquifère. |
Where the eye mixes pilot and pilotis
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. pilot runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against pilotis's 7 (CVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses pilot with pilotis
A purely visual mix-up. pilot (\pi.lo\) and pilotis (\pi.lɔ.ti\) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “pilot” sits inside “pilotis”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68180, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pilot is recorded at frequency rank #31,183, classified as anoun, pronounced \pi.lo\. pilotis is at rank #36,997, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pi.lɔ.ti\.
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 68180, this pair ranks #60,230 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of pilot vs pilotis
Shared letters: ilopt. Private to "pilot": -. Private to "pilotis": s.
"pilot" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "pilotis" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "pilot" and "pilotis" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "pilot" vs "pilotis" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "pilot" and "pilotis" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "pilot" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pilotis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #60,230 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pilot" and "pilotis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pilotis vs pivots". 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 #60,230 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.