Which to use
“sillons” and “silos” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #32,600
- “sillons” frequency rank
- #30,372
- “silos” frequency rank
- 62972
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sillons | silos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de sillon. | Pluriel de silo. |
Where the eye mixes sillons and silos
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. sillons runs 7 letters (CVCCVCC) against silos's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between sillons and silos
A purely visual mix-up. sillons (\si.jɔ̃\) and silos (\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 62972, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sillons is recorded at frequency rank #32,600, classified as anoun, pronounced \si.jɔ̃\. silos is at rank #30,372, 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 62972, this pair ranks #84,295 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of sillons vs silos
Shared letters: ilos. Private to "sillons": n. Private to "silos": -.
"sillons" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC · "silos" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "sillons" and "silos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "sillons" or "silos" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "sillons" and "silos" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "sillons" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "silos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #84,295 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sillons" and "silos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "silos vs sires". 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 #84,295 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.