Which to use
“quille” and “quils” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #32,972
- “quille” frequency rank
- #32,543
- “quils” frequency rank
- 65515
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | quille | quils |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Partie fixe et immergée de la coque sous le bateau faisant office de dérive fixe et de contrepoids à la gîte. | Pluriel de quil. |
Where the eye mixes quille and quils
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. quille runs 6 letters (CVVCCV) against quils's 5 (CVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between quille and quils
A purely visual mix-up. quille (\kij\) and quils (\kils\) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65515, 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\. quils is at rank #32,543, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kils\.
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 65515, this pair ranks #71,989 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of quille vs quils
Shared letters: ilqu. Private to "quille": e. Private to "quils": s.
"quille" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV · "quils" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "quille" and "quils" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "quille" or "quils" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "quille" and "quils" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "quille" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "quils" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #71,989 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "quille" and "quils" 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 #71,989 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.