Which to use
“quille” and “quilles” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #32,972
- “quille” frequency rank
- #33,424
- “quilles” frequency rank
- 66396
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | quille | quilles |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Partie fixe et immergée de la coque sous le bateau faisant office de dérive fixe et de contrepoids à la gîte. | Bowling. |
Same sound, different letters: quille vs quilles
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. quille runs 6 letters (CVVCCV) against quilles's 7 (CVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - quille / quilles
This is the hard kind. quille and quilles are pronounced identically (\kij\) 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) - “quille” sits inside “quilles”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66396, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
quille is recorded at frequency rank #32,972, classified as anoun, pronounced \kij\. quilles is at rank #33,424, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kij\.
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 66396, this pair ranks #68,003 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of quille vs quilles
Shared letters: eilqu. Private to "quille": -. Private to "quilles": s.
"quille" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV · "quilles" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "quille" and "quilles" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "quille" or "quilles"?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "quille" / "quilles". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "quille" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "quilles" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #68,003 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "quille" and "quilles" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "quille vs quite". 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 #68,003 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.