Which to use
“Vail” is a name and “vils” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #46,512
- “Vail” frequency rank
- #44,805
- “vils” frequency rank
- 91317
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Vail | vils |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Station de sports d’hiver américaine située dans le comté d’Eagle dans le Colorado, | Masculin pluriel de vil. |
Letter map: Vail vs vils
Shared letters muted; letters that set Vail and vils apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. Vail (CVVC) and vils (CVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Part-of-speech tell for Vail / vils
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Vail is aname and vilsanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 91317, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Vail is recorded at frequency rank #46,512, classified as aname. vils is at rank #44,805, tagged as anadj, pronounced \vil\.
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 91317, this pair ranks #3,968 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of Vail vs vils
Shared letters: ilv. Private to "Vail": a. Private to "vils": s.
"Vail" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "vils" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
You've compared "Vail" and "vils". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "Vail" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "vils" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #3,968 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Vail" and "vils" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Vail vs viv". 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 #3,968 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.