Which to use
“seille” and “selles” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #45,308
- “seille” frequency rank
- #21,466
- “selles” frequency rank
- 66774
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | seille | selles |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Bassine, munie d’oreilles dans lesquelles on passe une corde en guise d’anse et qui sert à transporter les liquides, en particulier, le mout tiré du pressoir. | Excréments humains, formés des résidus de la digestion. |
Where the eye mixes seille and selles
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. seille (CVVCCV) and selles (CVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between seille and selles
A purely visual mix-up. seille (\sɛj\) and selles (\sɛl\) 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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66774, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
seille is recorded at frequency rank #45,308, classified as anoun, pronounced \sɛj\. selles is at rank #21,466, tagged as anoun, pronounced \sɛl\.
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 66774, this pair ranks #66,297 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of seille vs selles
Shared letters: els. Private to "seille": i. Private to "selles": -.
"seille" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV · "selles" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "seille" and "selles" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "seille" or "selles"?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "seille" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "selles" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #66,297 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "seille" and "selles" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "seille vs skill". 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 #66,297 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.