Which to use
“pilotis” and “pivots” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #36,997
- “pilotis” frequency rank
- #49,278
- “pivots” frequency rank
- 86275
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pilotis | pivots |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Système de fondation par pieux foncés et recepés portant radier, appelés pilots, en terrain meuble et aquifère. | Pluriel de pivot. |
Where the eye mixes pilotis and pivots
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. pilotis runs 7 letters (CVCVCVC) against pivots's 6 (CVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between pilotis and pivots
A purely visual mix-up. pilotis (\pi.lɔ.ti\) and pivots (\pi.vo\) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 86275, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pilotis is recorded at frequency rank #36,997, classified as anoun, pronounced \pi.lɔ.ti\. pivots is at rank #49,278, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pi.vo\.
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 86275, this pair ranks #9,970 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of pilotis vs pivots
Shared letters: iopst. Private to "pilotis": l. Private to "pivots": v.
"pilotis" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "pivots" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "pilotis" and "pivots" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "pilotis" or "pivots" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "pilotis" and "pivots" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "pilotis" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pivots" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #9,970 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pilotis" and "pivots" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Piotr 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 #9,970 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.