Which to use
“skills” and “Stiles” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #33,013
- “skills” frequency rank
- #35,742
- “Stiles” frequency rank
- 68755
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | skills | Stiles |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de skill. | Génitif singulier de Stil. |
Where the eye mixes skills and Stiles
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. skills (CCVCCC) and Stiles (CCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: skills vs Stiles
A purely visual mix-up. skills (\ˈskɪlz\) and Stiles (\ˈʃtiːləs\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68755, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
skills is recorded at frequency rank #33,013, classified as anoun, pronounced \ˈskɪlz\. Stiles is at rank #35,742, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ˈʃtiːləs\.
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 68755, this pair ranks #57,850 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of skills vs Stiles
Shared letters: ils. Private to "skills": k. Private to "Stiles": et.
"skills" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCC · "Stiles" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "skills" and "Stiles" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "skills" or "Stiles"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "skills" and "Stiles" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "skills" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Stiles" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #57,850 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "skills" and "Stiles" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "socles vs Stiles". 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 #57,850 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.