Which to use
“piloter” is a verb and “pilotis” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #13,863
- “piloter” frequency rank
- #36,997
- “pilotis” frequency rank
- 50860
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | piloter | pilotis |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Conduire un bâtiment de mer. | Système de fondation par pieux foncés et recepés portant radier, appelés pilots, en terrain meuble et aquifère. |
Where the eye mixes piloter and pilotis
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. piloter and pilotis follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses piloter with pilotis
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: piloter is \pi.lɔ.te\ while pilotis is \pi.lɔ.ti\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50860, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
piloter is recorded at frequency rank #13,863, classified as averb, pronounced \pi.lɔ.te\. 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 50860, this pair ranks #159,377 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of piloter vs pilotis
Shared letters: ilopt. Private to "piloter": er. Private to "pilotis": s.
"piloter" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "pilotis" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "piloter" and "pilotis" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "piloter" or "pilotis"?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "piloter" 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 #159,377 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "piloter" 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 #159,377 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.