Which to use
“rabbi” and “rabbins” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #29,930
- “rabbi” frequency rank
- #31,204
- “rabbins” frequency rank
- 61134
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | rabbi | rabbins |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Variante de rabbin. | Pluriel de rabbin. |
Where the eye mixes rabbi and rabbins
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. rabbi runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against rabbins's 7 (CVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: rabbi vs rabbins
A purely visual mix-up. rabbi (\ʁa.bi\) and rabbins (\ʁa.bɛ̃\) 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 extra letter(s) - “rabbi” sits inside “rabbins”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61134, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
rabbi is recorded at frequency rank #29,930, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁa.bi\. rabbins is at rank #31,204, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁa.bɛ̃\.
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 61134, this pair ranks #93,902 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of rabbi vs rabbins
Shared letters: abir. Private to "rabbi": -. Private to "rabbins": ns.
"rabbi" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "rabbins" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "rabbi" for "rabbins" ever safe?
Which is more common, "rabbi" or "rabbins"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "rabbi" and "rabbins" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "rabbi" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "rabbins" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #93,902 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "rabbi" and "rabbins" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rabbi vs rani". 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 #93,902 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.