Which to use
“quelle” and “quelles” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #437
- “quelle” frequency rank
- #1,932
- “quelles” frequency rank
- 2369
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | quelle | quelles |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de quel. | Féminin pluriel de quel. |
Same sound, different letters: quelle vs quelles
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Homophone desk: quelle vs quelles
This is the hard kind. quelle and quelles are pronounced identically (\kɛl\) and both work as anadjective. 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) - “quelle” sits inside “quelles”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 2369, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
quelle is recorded at frequency rank #437, classified as anadj, pronounced \kɛl\. quelles is at rank #1,932, tagged as anadj, pronounced \kɛl\.
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 2369, this pair ranks #436,265 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of quelle vs quelles
Shared letters: elqu. Private to "quelle": -. Private to "quelles": s.
"quelle" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV · "quelles" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "quelle" and "quelles" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "quelle" or "quelles"?
After this comparison
"quelle" and "quelles" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "quelle" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "quelles" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #436,265 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "quelle" and "quelles" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "quelles vs quenelles". 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 #436,265 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.