Which to use
“turbine” and “turbines” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #22,724
- “turbine” frequency rank
- #20,593
- “turbines” frequency rank
- 43317
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | turbine | turbines |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Dispositif rotatif mu par un fluide et communiquant son mouvement à une machine. | Pluriel de turbine. |
Same sound, different letters: turbine vs turbines
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. turbine runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against turbines's 8 (CVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: turbine vs turbines
This is the hard kind. turbine and turbines are pronounced identically (\tyʁ.bin\) 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) - “turbine” sits inside “turbines”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43317, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
turbine is recorded at frequency rank #22,724, classified as anoun, pronounced \tyʁ.bin\. turbines is at rank #20,593, tagged as anoun, pronounced \tyʁ.bin\.
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 43317, this pair ranks #219,001 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of turbine vs turbines
Shared letters: beinrtu. Private to "turbine": -. Private to "turbines": s.
"turbine" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "turbines" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "turbine" for "turbines" ever safe?
Frequency check: "turbine" vs "turbines" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "turbine" / "turbines". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "turbine" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "turbines" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #219,001 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "turbine" and "turbines" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "terrine vs turbine". 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 #219,001 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.