Which to use
“plausible” and “plausibles” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,963
- “plausible” frequency rank
- #48,109
- “plausibles” frequency rank
- 64072
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | plausible | plausibles |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui a une apparence de vérité ; qui est accepté ou admis jusqu’à preuve du contraire. | Pluriel de plausible. |
Where the eye mixes plausible and plausibles
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. plausible runs 9 letters (CCVVCVCCV) against plausibles's 10 (CCVVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses plausible with plausibles
A purely visual mix-up. plausible (\plo.zibl\) and plausibles (\plɔ.zibl\) 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 extra letter(s) - “plausible” sits inside “plausibles”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64072, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
plausible is recorded at frequency rank #15,963, classified as anadj, pronounced \plo.zibl\. plausibles is at rank #48,109, tagged as anadj, pronounced \plɔ.zibl\.
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 64072, this pair ranks #78,823 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of plausible vs plausibles
Shared letters: abeilpsu. Private to "plausible": -. Private to "plausibles": -.
"plausible" · 9 letters · shape CCVVCVCCV · "plausibles" · 10 letters · shape CCVVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- plausible ← lpausible · palusible · plasuible · plauisble · plausbile · plausibble · plausibel · plausiblle
- plausibles ← lpausibles · palusibles · plasuibles · plauisbles · plausbiles · plausibbles · plausibels · plausibless
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "plausible" and "plausibles" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "plausible" vs "plausibles" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "plausible" and "plausibles" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "plausible" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "plausibles" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #78,823 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "plausible" and "plausibles" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "passibles vs plausibles". 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 #78,823 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.