Which to use
“selon” is a preposition and “seok” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #225
- “selon” frequency rank
- #49,938
- “seok” frequency rank
- 50163
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | selon | seok |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | D’après ; eu égard à ; conformément à ; d’une manière correspondant à ; en proportion ; en fonction de. | Zone radiale entre S et O (roue matricielle), la zone qui s’étend de S à O dans le sens dextrorsum, c’est-à-dire la majeure partie du disque. |
Where the eye mixes selon and seok
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. selon runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against seok's 4 (CVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: selon vs seok
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: selon is \sə.lɔ̃\ while seok is \sɛˈɔk\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (preposition vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50163, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
selon is recorded at frequency rank #225, classified as aprep, pronounced \sə.lɔ̃\. seok is at rank #49,938, tagged as anoun, pronounced \sɛˈɔk\.
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 50163, this pair ranks #164,789 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of selon vs seok
Shared letters: eos. Private to "selon": ln. Private to "seok": k.
"selon" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "seok" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "selon" and "seok" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "selon" or "seok"?
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 "selon" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "seok" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #164,789 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "selon" and "seok" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "seok vs Sepp". 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 #164,789 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.