Which to use
“pixel” and “pixels” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,817
- “pixel” frequency rank
- #18,021
- “pixels” frequency rank
- 38838
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pixel | pixels |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Le plus petit élément d’une image numérique ou d’un écran, arrangé en forme d’un plan, auquel on puisse affecter individuellement des caractéristiques visuelles. | Pluriel de pixel. |
Same sound, different letters: pixel vs pixels
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - pixel and pixels
This is the hard kind. pixel and pixels are pronounced identically (\pik.sɛl\) 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) - “pixel” sits inside “pixels”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38838, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pixel is recorded at frequency rank #20,817, classified as anoun, pronounced \pik.sɛl\. pixels is at rank #18,021, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pik.sɛl\.
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 38838, this pair ranks #252,439 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of pixel vs pixels
Shared letters: eilpx. Private to "pixel": -. Private to "pixels": s.
"pixel" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "pixels" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "pixel" and "pixels" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "pixel" or "pixels" show up more?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "pixel" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pixels" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #252,439 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pixel" and "pixels" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Patel vs pixel". 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 #252,439 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.