Which to use
“seille” and “seule” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #45,308
- “seille” frequency rank
- #323
- “seule” frequency rank
- 45631
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | seille | seule |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | Fond d’un navire. |
Where the eye mixes seille and seule
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. seille runs 6 letters (CVVCCV) against seule's 5 (CVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: seille vs seule
A purely visual mix-up. seille (\sɛj\) and seule (\sœl\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45631, 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\. seule is at rank #323, tagged as anoun, pronounced \sœl\.
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 45631, this pair ranks #201,264 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of seille vs seule
Shared letters: els. Private to "seille": i. Private to "seule": u.
"seille" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV · "seule" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "seille" and "seule" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "seille" or "seule" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "seille" and "seule" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "seille" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "seule" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #201,264 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "seille" and "seule" 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 #201,264 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.