Which to use
“reptile” and “reptiles” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #33,867
- “reptile” frequency rank
- #19,654
- “reptiles” frequency rank
- 53521
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | reptile | reptiles |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Vertébré apode ou à pattes très courtes, qui avance en se traînant sur le ventre, mais qui n’est plus considéré aujourd’hui comme une classe scientifique. | Pluriel de reptile. |
Same sound, different letters: reptile vs reptiles
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. reptile runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against reptiles's 8 (CVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: reptile vs reptiles
This is the hard kind. reptile and reptiles are pronounced identically (\ʁɛp.til\) and both work as anoun. 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) - “reptile” sits inside “reptiles”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53521, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
reptile is recorded at frequency rank #33,867, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁɛp.til\. reptiles is at rank #19,654, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁɛp.til\.
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 53521, this pair ranks #140,143 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of reptile vs reptiles
Shared letters: eilprt. Private to "reptile": -. Private to "reptiles": s.
"reptile" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "reptiles" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "reptile" and "reptiles" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "reptile" or "reptiles"?
What to do next
"reptile" and "reptiles" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "reptile" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "reptiles" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #140,143 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "reptile" and "reptiles" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "reparlé vs reptile". 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 #140,143 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.