Which to use
“shops” and “stups” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #44,734
- “shops” frequency rank
- #41,021
- “stups” frequency rank
- 85755
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | shops | stups |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de shop. | Pluriel de stup. |
Where the eye mixes shops and stups
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: shops vs stups
A purely visual mix-up. shops (\ʃɔp\) and stups (\styp\) 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 85755, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
shops is recorded at frequency rank #44,734, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʃɔp\. stups is at rank #41,021, tagged as anoun, pronounced \styp\.
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 85755, this pair ranks #10,801 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of shops vs stups
Shared letters: ps. Private to "shops": ho. Private to "stups": tu.
"shops" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC · "stups" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "shops" and "stups" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "shops" vs "stups" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "shops" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "stups" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #10,801 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "shops" and "stups" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "shops vs sirops". 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 #10,801 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.