Which to use
“tablette” and “tablettes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,902
- “tablette” frequency rank
- #8,166
- “tablettes” frequency rank
- 15068
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tablette | tablettes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Plaque de petite dimension présentant une surface plane et une faible épaisseur, sur laquelle on peut tracer ou graver des signes. | Pluriel de tablette. |
Same sound, different letters: tablette vs tablettes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - tablette and tablettes
This is the hard kind. tablette and tablettes are pronounced identically (\ta.blɛt\) 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) - “tablette” sits inside “tablettes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15068, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tablette is recorded at frequency rank #6,902, classified as anoun, pronounced \ta.blɛt\. tablettes is at rank #8,166, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ta.blɛt\.
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 15068, this pair ranks #394,000 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of tablette vs tablettes
Shared letters: abelt. Private to "tablette": -. Private to "tablettes": s.
"tablette" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV · "tablettes" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "tablette" and "tablettes" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "tablette" vs "tablettes" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "tablette" / "tablettes". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "tablette" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tablettes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #394,000 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tablette" and "tablettes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tablettes vs tapettes". 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 #394,000 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.