Which to use
“vigile” and “vigiles” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,888
- “vigile” frequency rank
- #29,593
- “vigiles” frequency rank
- 50481
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | vigile | vigiles |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Personne (homme ou femme) chargée d’une fonction de surveillance, de sécurité, le plus souvent dans des locaux commerciaux, industriels (pour une femme, on dira aussi femme vigile). | Pluriel de vigile. |
Same sound, different letters: vigile vs vigiles
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. vigile runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against vigiles's 7 (CVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: vigile vs vigiles
This is the hard kind. vigile and vigiles are pronounced identically (\vi.ʒil\) 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) - “vigile” sits inside “vigiles”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50481, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
vigile is recorded at frequency rank #20,888, classified as anoun, pronounced \vi.ʒil\. vigiles is at rank #29,593, tagged as anoun, pronounced \vi.ʒil\.
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 50481, this pair ranks #162,283 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of vigile vs vigiles
Shared letters: egilv. Private to "vigile": -. Private to "vigiles": s.
"vigile" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "vigiles" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "vigile" / "vigiles". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "vigile" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "vigiles" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #162,283 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "vigile" and "vigiles" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vigiles vs virgules". 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 #162,283 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.