Which to use
“sketches” and “sketchs” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #33,467
- “sketches” frequency rank
- #28,747
- “sketchs” frequency rank
- 62214
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sketches | sketchs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de sketch. | Pluriel de sketch. |
Same sound, different letters: sketches vs sketchs
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. sketches runs 8 letters (CCVCCCVC) against sketchs's 7 (CCVCCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - sketches and sketchs
This is the hard kind. sketches and sketchs 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62214, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sketches is recorded at frequency rank #33,467, classified as anoun, pronounced \skɛtʃ\. sketchs is at rank #28,747, 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 62214, this pair ranks #88,281 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of sketches vs sketchs
Shared letters: cehkst. Private to "sketches": -. Private to "sketchs": -.
"sketches" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCCVC · "sketchs" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "sketches" for "sketchs" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "sketches" or "sketchs" show up more?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "sketches" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sketchs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #88,281 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sketches" and "sketchs" 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 #88,281 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.