Which to use
“tibia” and “tibias” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #23,709
- “tibia” frequency rank
- #46,488
- “tibias” frequency rank
- 70197
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tibia | tibias |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Le plus gros des deux os de la jambe, qui se trouve à la partie antérieure. | Pluriel de tibia. |
Same sound, different letters: tibia vs tibias
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - tibia / tibias
This is the hard kind. tibia and tibias are pronounced identically (\ti.bja\) 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) - “tibia” sits inside “tibias”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 70197, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tibia is recorded at frequency rank #23,709, classified as anoun, pronounced \ti.bja\. tibias is at rank #46,488, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ti.bja\.
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 70197, this pair ranks #52,277 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of tibia vs tibias
Shared letters: abit. Private to "tibia": -. Private to "tibias": s.
"tibia" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "tibias" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "tibia" for "tibias" ever safe?
Which is more common, "tibia" or "tibias"?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "tibia" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tibias" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #52,277 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tibia" and "tibias" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tibias vs trias". 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 #52,277 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.