Which to use
“scans” and “skins” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #35,269
- “scans” frequency rank
- #30,376
- “skins” frequency rank
- 65645
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | scans | skins |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de scan. | Soirée de jeunes et d’adolescents sans limite. |
Where the eye mixes scans and skins
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. scans and skins follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: scans vs skins
A purely visual mix-up. scans (\skan\) and skins (\skinz\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65645, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
scans is recorded at frequency rank #35,269, classified as anoun, pronounced \skan\. skins is at rank #30,376, tagged as anoun, pronounced \skinz\.
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 65645, this pair ranks #71,415 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of scans vs skins
Shared letters: ns. Private to "scans": ac. Private to "skins": ik.
"scans" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC · "skins" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "scans" and "skins" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "scans" or "skins" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "scans" and "skins" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "scans" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "skins" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #71,415 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "scans" and "skins" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "scans vs seals". 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 #71,415 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.