Which to use
“scrupule” and “scrupules” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #21,465
- “scrupule” frequency rank
- #20,569
- “scrupules” frequency rank
- 42034
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | scrupule | scrupules |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Doute ou hésitation que l'on éprouve à la peur de mal faire ou d'être importun. | Pluriel de scrupule. |
Same sound, different letters: scrupule vs scrupules
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. scrupule runs 8 letters (CCCVCVCV) against scrupules's 9 (CCCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: scrupule vs scrupules
This is the hard kind. scrupule and scrupules are pronounced identically (\skʁy.pyl\) 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) - “scrupule” sits inside “scrupules”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42034, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
scrupule is recorded at frequency rank #21,465, classified as anoun, pronounced \skʁy.pyl\. scrupules is at rank #20,569, tagged as anoun, pronounced \skʁy.pyl\.
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 42034, this pair ranks #228,696 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of scrupule vs scrupules
Shared letters: celprsu. Private to "scrupule": -. Private to "scrupules": -.
"scrupule" · 8 letters · shape CCCVCVCV · "scrupules" · 9 letters · shape CCCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "scrupule" and "scrupules" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "scrupule" vs "scrupules" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "scrupule" / "scrupules". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "scrupule" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "scrupules" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #228,696 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "scrupule" and "scrupules" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "scrupule vs scrupuleux". 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 #228,696 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.