Which to use
“plugin” and “plugins” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #37,973
- “plugin” frequency rank
- #48,111
- “plugins” frequency rank
- 86084
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | plugin | plugins |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Petit logiciel d’application complémentaire qui, associé à une application spécifique, en augmente les capacités, par exemple en lui permettant d’interpréter un nouveau format de données. | Pluriel de plugin. |
Where the eye mixes plugin and plugins
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between plugin and plugins
A purely visual mix-up. plugin (\ply.gin\) and plugins (\ˈplʌɡˌɪnz\) 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) - “plugin” sits inside “plugins”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 86084, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
plugin is recorded at frequency rank #37,973, classified as anoun, pronounced \ply.gin\. plugins is at rank #48,111, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ˈplʌɡˌɪnz\.
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 86084, this pair ranks #10,262 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of plugin vs plugins
Shared letters: gilnpu. Private to "plugin": -. Private to "plugins": s.
"plugin" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC · "plugins" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "plugin" and "plugins" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "plugin" or "plugins" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "plugin" and "plugins" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "plugin" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "plugins" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #10,262 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "plugin" and "plugins" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "plugin vs purin". 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 #10,262 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.