Which to use
“sketch” and “sketches” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,055
- “sketch” frequency rank
- #33,467
- “sketches” frequency rank
- 45522
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sketch | sketches |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Une petite comédie destinée spécialement à faire rire. | Pluriel de sketch. |
Same sound, different letters: sketch vs sketches
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. sketch runs 6 letters (CCVCCC) against sketches's 8 (CCVCCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - sketch / sketches
This is the hard kind. sketch and sketches are pronounced identically (\skɛtʃ\) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “sketch” sits inside “sketches”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45522, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sketch is recorded at frequency rank #12,055, classified as anoun, pronounced \skɛtʃ\. sketches is at rank #33,467, tagged as anoun, pronounced \skɛtʃ\.
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 45522, this pair ranks #202,130 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of sketch vs sketches
Shared letters: cehkst. Private to "sketch": -. Private to "sketches": -.
"sketch" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCC · "sketches" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "sketch" and "sketches" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "sketch" vs "sketches" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
"sketch" and "sketches" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "sketch" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sketches" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #202,130 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sketch" and "sketches" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "séchés vs sketches". 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 #202,130 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.