Which to use
“robinet” and “robinets” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,397
- “robinet” frequency rank
- #30,783
- “robinets” frequency rank
- 41180
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | robinet | robinets |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pièce ajustée à l’issue d’un tuyau, d’un réservoir, etc., qui sert à retenir le liquide ou le gaz et à le faire sortir quand on veut. | Pluriel de robinet. |
Same sound, different letters: robinet vs robinets
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - robinet and robinets
This is the hard kind. robinet and robinets are pronounced identically (\ʁɔ.bi.nɛ\) 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) - “robinet” sits inside “robinets”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41180, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
robinet is recorded at frequency rank #10,397, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁɔ.bi.nɛ\. robinets is at rank #30,783, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁɔ.bi.nɛ\.
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 41180, this pair ranks #235,016 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of robinet vs robinets
Shared letters: beinort. Private to "robinet": -. Private to "robinets": s.
"robinet" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "robinets" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "robinet" and "robinets" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "robinet" vs "robinets" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "robinet" / "robinets". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "robinet" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "robinets" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #235,016 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "robinet" and "robinets" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "robin vs robinet". 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 #235,016 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.