Which to use
“rabot” and “robots” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #44,123
- “rabot” frequency rank
- #6,550
- “robots” frequency rank
- 50673
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | rabot | robots |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Outil de menuisier, qui sert à aplanir, à unir la surface du bois et qui est formé d’une sorte de ciseau ajusté obliquement dans un cadre de bois qui laisse dépasser le tranchant. | Pluriel de robot. |
Where the eye mixes rabot and robots
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses rabot with robots
A purely visual mix-up. rabot (\ʁa.bo\) and robots (\ʁɔ.bo\) 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 50673, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
rabot is recorded at frequency rank #44,123, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁa.bo\. robots is at rank #6,550, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁɔ.bo\.
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 50673, this pair ranks #160,819 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of rabot vs robots
Shared letters: bort. Private to "rabot": a. Private to "robots": s.
"rabot" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "robots" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "rabot" and "robots" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "rabot" or "robots"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "rabot" and "robots" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "rabot" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "robots" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #160,819 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "rabot" and "robots" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rabot vs rant". 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 #160,819 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.