Which to use
“rondelle” and “rondelles” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #25,482
- “rondelle” frequency rank
- #23,677
- “rondelles” frequency rank
- 49159
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | rondelle | rondelles |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Cylindre de faible hauteur ; disque épais, de petit diamètre. | Pluriel de rondelle. |
Same sound, different letters: rondelle vs rondelles
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. rondelle runs 8 letters (CVCCVCCV) against rondelles's 9 (CVCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - rondelle and rondelles
This is the hard kind. rondelle and rondelles are pronounced identically (\ʁɔ̃.dɛl\) 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) - “rondelle” sits inside “rondelles”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49159, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
rondelle is recorded at frequency rank #25,482, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁɔ̃.dɛl\. rondelles is at rank #23,677, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁɔ̃.dɛl\.
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 49159, this pair ranks #172,962 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of rondelle vs rondelles
Shared letters: delnor. Private to "rondelle": -. Private to "rondelles": s.
"rondelle" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV · "rondelles" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "rondelle" and "rondelles" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "rondelle" vs "rondelles" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
"rondelle" and "rondelles" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "rondelle" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "rondelles" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #172,962 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- 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 #172,962 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.