Which to use
“pivot” and “pivots” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,834
- “pivot” frequency rank
- #49,278
- “pivots” frequency rank
- 62112
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pivot | pivots |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Support de l’axe autour duquel un corps tourne (pivote). | Pluriel de pivot. |
Same sound, different letters: pivot vs pivots
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. pivot runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against pivots's 6 (CVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: pivot vs pivots
This is the hard kind. pivot and pivots are pronounced identically (\pi.vo\) 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) - “pivot” sits inside “pivots”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62112, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pivot is recorded at frequency rank #12,834, classified as anoun, pronounced \pi.vo\. 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 62112, this pair ranks #88,763 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of pivot vs pivots
Shared letters: ioptv. Private to "pivot": -. Private to "pivots": s.
"pivot" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "pivots" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "pivot" and "pivots" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "pivot" or "pivots"?
What to do next
"pivot" and "pivots" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "pivot" 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 #88,763 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pivot" 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 #88,763 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.