Which to use
“quilles” and “quils” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #33,424
- “quilles” frequency rank
- #32,543
- “quils” frequency rank
- 65967
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | quilles | quils |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Bowling. | Pluriel de quil. |
Where the eye mixes quilles and quils
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. quilles runs 7 letters (CVVCCVC) against quils's 5 (CVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between quilles and quils
A purely visual mix-up. quilles (\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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65967, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
quilles is recorded at frequency rank #33,424, 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 65967, this pair ranks #69,935 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of quilles vs quils
Shared letters: ilqsu. Private to "quilles": e. Private to "quils": -.
"quilles" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC · "quils" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "quilles" and "quils" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "quilles" or "quils"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "quilles" and "quils" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "quilles" 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 #69,935 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "quilles" and "quils" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "quils 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 #69,935 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.