Which to use
“sillon” and “sillons” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #22,096
- “sillon” frequency rank
- #32,600
- “sillons” frequency rank
- 54696
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sillon | sillons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tranchée que le soc, le coutre de la charrue ouvre dans la terre qu’on laboure. | Pluriel de sillon. |
Same sound, different letters: sillon vs sillons
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. sillon runs 6 letters (CVCCVC) against sillons's 7 (CVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - sillon / sillons
This is the hard kind. sillon and sillons are pronounced identically (\si.jɔ̃\) 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) - “sillon” sits inside “sillons”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54696, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sillon is recorded at frequency rank #22,096, classified as anoun, pronounced \si.jɔ̃\. sillons is at rank #32,600, tagged as anoun, pronounced \si.jɔ̃\.
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 54696, this pair ranks #132,287 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of sillon vs sillons
Shared letters: ilnos. Private to "sillon": -. Private to "sillons": -.
"sillon" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "sillons" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "sillon" for "sillons" ever safe?
Which is more common, "sillon" or "sillons"?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "sillon" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sillons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #132,287 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sillon" and "sillons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sillonne vs sillons". 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 #132,287 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.