Which to use
“possibilité” and “possibilités” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,419
- “possibilité” frequency rank
- #4,176
- “possibilités” frequency rank
- 5595
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | possibilité | possibilités |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Caractère de ce qui est possible. | Pluriel de possibilité. |
Same sound, different letters: possibilité vs possibilités
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 11 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - possibilité / possibilités
This is the hard kind. possibilité and possibilités are pronounced identically (\pɔ.si.bi.li.te\) 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) - “possibilité” sits inside “possibilités”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 5595, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
possibilité is recorded at frequency rank #1,419, classified as anoun, pronounced \pɔ.si.bi.li.te\. possibilités is at rank #4,176, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pɔ.si.bi.li.te\.
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 5595, this pair ranks #428,570 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of possibilité vs possibilités
Shared letters: bilopsté. Private to "possibilité": -. Private to "possibilités": -.
"possibilité" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVCV · "possibilités" · 12 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "possibilité" and "possibilités" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "possibilité" or "possibilités"?
Useful next steps
"possibilité" and "possibilités" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "possibilité" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "possibilités" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #428,570 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
Confusion rank #428,570 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.