Which to use
“slip” and “slips” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,056
- “slip” frequency rank
- #35,279
- “slips” frequency rank
- 47335
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | slip | slips |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Sous-vêtement qui couvre le bas du ventre, les parties génitales et les fesses. | Pluriel de slip. |
Same sound, different letters: slip vs slips
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - slip and slips
This is the hard kind. slip and slips are pronounced identically (\slip\) 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 extra letter(s) - “slip” sits inside “slips”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47335, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
slip is recorded at frequency rank #12,056, classified as anoun, pronounced \slip\. slips is at rank #35,279, tagged as anoun, pronounced \slip\.
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 47335, this pair ranks #187,771 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of slip vs slips
Shared letters: ilps. Private to "slip": -. Private to "slips": -.
"slip" · 4 letters · shape CCVC · "slips" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "slip" and "slips" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "slip" vs "slips" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "slip" / "slips". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "slip" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "slips" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #187,771 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "slip" and "slips" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "shops vs slips". 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 #187,771 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.