Which to use
“siècle” and “siècles” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #533
- “siècle” frequency rank
- #2,854
- “siècles” frequency rank
- 3387
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | siècle | siècles |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Période de cent ans. | Pluriel de siècle. |
Same sound, different letters: siècle vs siècles
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. siècle runs 6 letters (CVVCCV) against siècles's 7 (CVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - siècle and siècles
This is the hard kind. siècle and siècles are pronounced identically (\sjɛkl\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “siècle” sits inside “siècles”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 3387, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
siècle is recorded at frequency rank #533, classified as anoun, pronounced \sjɛkl\. siècles is at rank #2,854, tagged as anoun, pronounced \sjɛkl\.
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 3387, this pair ranks #434,153 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of siècle vs siècles
Shared letters: ceilsè. Private to "siècle": -. Private to "siècles": -.
"siècle" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV · "siècles" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "siècle" and "siècles" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "siècle" or "siècles"?
What to do next
"siècle" and "siècles" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "siècle" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "siècles" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #434,153 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "siècle" and "siècles" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "siècles vs socles". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #434,153 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.