Which to use
“seille” and “skills” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #45,308
- “seille” frequency rank
- #33,013
- “skills” frequency rank
- 78321
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | seille | skills |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | Pluriel de skill. |
Where the eye mixes seille and skills
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. seille (CVVCCV) and skills (CCVCCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between seille and skills
A purely visual mix-up. seille (\sɛj\) and skills (\ˈskɪlz\) 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 78321, 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\. skills is at rank #33,013, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ˈskɪlz\.
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 78321, this pair ranks #26,074 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of seille vs skills
Shared letters: ils. Private to "seille": e. Private to "skills": k.
"seille" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV · "skills" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "seille" and "skills" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "seille" or "skills" show up more?
Useful next steps
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 "skills" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #26,074 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "seille" and "skills" 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 #26,074 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.