Which to use
“triangle” and “triangles” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,050
- “triangle” frequency rank
- #23,054
- “triangles” frequency rank
- 31104
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | triangle | triangles |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | En géométrie euclidienne, polygone qui a trois côtés, et donc trois sommets. | Pluriel de triangle. |
Same sound, different letters: triangle vs triangles
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters.
Homophone desk: triangle vs triangles
This is the hard kind. triangle and triangles are pronounced identically (\tʁi.jɑ̃ɡl\) 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) - “triangle” sits inside “triangles”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31104, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
triangle is recorded at frequency rank #8,050, classified as anoun, pronounced \tʁi.jɑ̃ɡl\. triangles is at rank #23,054, tagged as anoun, pronounced \tʁi.jɑ̃ɡl\.
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 31104, this pair ranks #305,952 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of triangle vs triangles
Shared letters: aegilnrt. Private to "triangle": -. Private to "triangles": s.
"triangle" · 8 letters · shape CCVVCCCV · "triangles" · 9 letters · shape CCVVCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "triangle" for "triangles" ever safe?
Frequency check: "triangle" vs "triangles" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
"triangle" and "triangles" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "triangle" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "triangles" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #305,952 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "triangle" and "triangles" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "triage vs triangle". 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 #305,952 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.