Which to use
“rectangle” and “rectangles” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,300
- “rectangle” frequency rank
- #40,955
- “rectangles” frequency rank
- 59255
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | rectangle | rectangles |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Se dit d’un triangle qui a un angle droit. | Pluriel de rectangle. |
Same sound, different letters: rectangle vs rectangles
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. rectangle runs 9 letters (CVCCVCCCV) against rectangles's 10 (CVCCVCCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - rectangle / rectangles
This is the hard kind. rectangle and rectangles are pronounced identically (\ʁɛk.tɑ̃ɡl\) and both work as anadjective. 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) - “rectangle” sits inside “rectangles”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59255, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
rectangle is recorded at frequency rank #18,300, classified as anadj, pronounced \ʁɛk.tɑ̃ɡl\. rectangles is at rank #40,955, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʁɛk.tɑ̃ɡl\.
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 59255, this pair ranks #104,194 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of rectangle vs rectangles
Shared letters: aceglnrt. Private to "rectangle": -. Private to "rectangles": s.
"rectangle" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCCV · "rectangles" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- rectangle ← erctangle · rcetangle · recatngle · recctangle · rectagnle · rectangel · rectanggle · rectanglle
- rectangles ← erctangles · rcetangles · recatngles · recctangles · rectagnles · rectangels · rectanggles · rectangless
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "rectangle" for "rectangles" ever safe?
Which is more common, "rectangle" or "rectangles"?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "rectangle" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "rectangles" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #104,194 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "rectangle" and "rectangles" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rechange vs rectangle". 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 #104,194 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.