Which to use
“viking” and “vikings” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,313
- “viking” frequency rank
- #17,036
- “vikings” frequency rank
- 37349
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | viking | vikings |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Relatif aux Vikings. | Pluriel de viking. |
Same sound, different letters: viking vs vikings
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
This is the hard kind. viking and vikings are pronounced identically (\vi.kiŋ\) and both work as anadjective. 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) - “viking” sits inside “vikings”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37349, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
viking is recorded at frequency rank #20,313, classified as anadj, pronounced \vi.kiŋ\. vikings is at rank #17,036, tagged as anadj, pronounced \vi.kiŋ\.
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 37349, this pair ranks #263,100 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of viking vs vikings
Shared letters: giknv. Private to "viking": -. Private to "vikings": s.
"viking" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC · "vikings" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCC