Which to use
“vignette” and “vignettes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,428
- “vignette” frequency rank
- #25,162
- “vignettes” frequency rank
- 44590
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | vignette | vignettes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Petite estampe qui orne le commencement, la fin d’un chapitre, ou tout autre endroit d’un livre. | Pluriel de vignette. |
Same sound, different letters: vignette vs vignettes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. vignette runs 8 letters (CVCCVCCV) against vignettes's 9 (CVCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - vignette and vignettes
This is the hard kind. vignette and vignettes are pronounced identically (\vi.ɲɛt\) 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) - “vignette” sits inside “vignettes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44590, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
vignette is recorded at frequency rank #19,428, classified as anoun, pronounced \vi.ɲɛt\. vignettes is at rank #25,162, tagged as anoun, pronounced \vi.ɲɛt\.
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 44590, this pair ranks #209,316 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of vignette vs vignettes
Shared letters: egintv. Private to "vignette": -. Private to "vignettes": s.
"vignette" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV · "vignettes" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "vignette" and "vignettes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "vignette" or "vignettes"?
Useful next steps
"vignette" and "vignettes" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "vignette" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "vignettes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #209,316 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "vignette" and "vignettes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vignettes vs violettes". 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 #209,316 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.