Which to use
“pistache” and “pistaches” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #43,066
- “pistache” frequency rank
- #46,955
- “pistaches” frequency rank
- 90021
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pistache | pistaches |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Fruit du pistachier. | Pluriel de pistache. |
Same sound, different letters: pistache vs pistaches
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. pistache runs 8 letters (CVCCVCCV) against pistaches's 9 (CVCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - pistache / pistaches
This is the hard kind. pistache and pistaches are pronounced identically (\pis.taʃ\) 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) - “pistache” sits inside “pistaches”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 90021, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pistache is recorded at frequency rank #43,066, classified as anoun, pronounced \pis.taʃ\. pistaches is at rank #46,955, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pis.taʃ\.
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 90021, this pair ranks #5,213 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of pistache vs pistaches
Shared letters: acehipst. Private to "pistache": -. Private to "pistaches": -.
"pistache" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV · "pistaches" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "pistache" and "pistaches" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "pistache" or "pistaches"?
After this comparison
"pistache" and "pistaches" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "pistache" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pistaches" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #5,213 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pistache" and "pistaches" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pistache vs potache". 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 #5,213 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.