Which to use
“ship” and “six” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #23,693
- “ship” frequency rank
- #592
- “six” frequency rank
- 24285
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ship | six |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Couple principalement non officiel ou non canonique entre des personnages. | (radiotéléphonie) Mot de code radiotéléphonique de l'OACI, OTAN et SIA pour le chiffre 6. |
Where the eye mixes ship and six
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: ship vs six
A purely visual mix-up. ship (\ʃip\) and six (\ˈsɪks\) 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 24285, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ship is recorded at frequency rank #23,693, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʃip\. six is at rank #592, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ˈsɪks\.
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 24285, this pair ranks #347,477 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of ship vs six
Shared letters: is. Private to "ship": hp. Private to "six": x.
"ship" · 4 letters · shape CCVC · "six" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- ship ← hsip · shhip · shipp · shpi · sihp · sship
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "ship" and "six" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "ship" or "six" show up more?
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 "ship" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "six" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #347,477 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ship" and "six" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Sepp vs ship". 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 #347,477 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.