playlistvsplaylistsWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

“playlist” and “playlists” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#18,561
“playlist” frequency rank
#42,528
“playlists” frequency rank
61089
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature playlist playlists
Definition Ensemble de morceaux de musique sélectionnés par une station de radio pour les diffuser. Pluriel de playlist.

Letter map: playlist vs playlists

Shared letters muted; letters that set playlist and playlists apart highlighted. Shared run: 8.

8 ch
playlist
9 ch
playlists

Pair insight - playlist / playlists

playlist and playlists are indexed as a confusable French pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “playlist” sits inside “playlists”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61089, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

playlist is recorded at frequency rank #18,561, classified as anoun, pronounced \plɛj.list\. playlists is at rank #42,528, tagged as anoun.

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 61089, this pair ranks #94,127 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of playlist vs playlists

Shared letters: ailpsty. Private to "playlist": -. Private to "playlists": -.

"playlist" · 8 letters · shape CCVVCVCC  ·  "playlists" · 9 letters · shape CCVVCVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • playlistlpaylist · palylist · plalyist · playilst · playlisst · playlistt · playlits · playllist
  • playlistslpaylists · palylists · plalyists · playilsts · playlissts · playlistss · playlistts · playlitss

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "playlist" for "playlists" ever safe?
No. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “playlist” sits inside “playlists”, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
In ordinary French text, does "playlist" or "playlists" show up more?
"playlist" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,561 in our French list, against #42,528 for "playlists". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "playlist" and "playlists".

  • Full dictionary entry for "playlist" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "playlists" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #94,127 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • 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 #94,127 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list