Which to use
“stand” and “stands” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,560
- “stand” frequency rank
- #16,486
- “stands” frequency rank
- 23046
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | stand | stands |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Lieu disposé pour le tir sportif. | Pluriel de stand. |
Where the eye mixes stand and stands
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses stand with stands
A purely visual mix-up. stand (\stɑ̃\) and stands (\stɑ̃d\) 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 1 extra letter(s) - “stand” sits inside “stands”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23046, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
stand is recorded at frequency rank #6,560, classified as anoun, pronounced \stɑ̃\. stands is at rank #16,486, tagged as anoun, pronounced \stɑ̃d\.
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 23046, this pair ranks #354,668 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of stand vs stands
Shared letters: adnst. Private to "stand": -. Private to "stands": -.
"stand" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC · "stands" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "stand" and "stands" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "stand" or "stands" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "stand" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "stands" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #354,668 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "stand" and "stands" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "stands vs Staps". 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 #354,668 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.