Which to use
“pylône” and “pylônes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #46,381
- “pylône” frequency rank
- #41,986
- “pylônes” frequency rank
- 88367
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pylône | pylônes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Double massif de pierre, en forme de pyramide tronquée, qui, dans les temples de l’ancienne Égypte, encadrait la principale porte d’entrée. | Pluriel de pylône. |
Same sound, different letters: pylône vs pylônes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. pylône runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against pylônes's 7 (CVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: pylône vs pylônes
This is the hard kind. pylône and pylônes are pronounced identically (\pi.lon\) 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) - “pylône” sits inside “pylônes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 88367, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pylône is recorded at frequency rank #46,381, classified as anoun, pronounced \pi.lon\. pylônes is at rank #41,986, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pi.lon\.
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 88367, this pair ranks #7,089 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of pylône vs pylônes
Shared letters: elnpyô. Private to "pylône": -. Private to "pylônes": s.
"pylône" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "pylônes" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "pylône" and "pylônes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "pylône" or "pylônes"?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "pylône" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pylônes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #7,089 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pylône" and "pylônes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "plon vs pylône". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #7,089 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.