Which to use
“sillon” and “silo” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #22,096
- “sillon” frequency rank
- #27,970
- “silo” frequency rank
- 50066
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sillon | silo |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tranchée que le soc, le coutre de la charrue ouvre dans la terre qu’on laboure. | Cavité pratiquée dans la terre pour y conserver du blé, des racines, etc. |
Where the eye mixes sillon and silo
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. sillon runs 6 letters (CVCCVC) against silo's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between sillon and silo
A purely visual mix-up. sillon (\si.jɔ̃\) and silo (\si.lo\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50066, 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\. silo is at rank #27,970, tagged as anoun, pronounced \si.lo\.
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 50066, this pair ranks #165,573 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of sillon vs silo
Shared letters: ilos. Private to "sillon": n. Private to "silo": -.
"sillon" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "silo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "sillon" and "silo" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "sillon" or "silo"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "sillon" and "silo" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "sillon" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "silo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #165,573 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sillon" and "silo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "silo vs soli". 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 #165,573 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.