Which to use
“violon” and “violons” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,766
- “violon” frequency rank
- #20,018
- “violons” frequency rank
- 29784
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | violon | violons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Luth à manche court dont la touche lisse est dépourvue de frettes, muni de quatre cordes que l’on frotte avec un archet. | Pluriel de violon. |
Same sound, different letters: violon vs violons
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - violon and violons
This is the hard kind. violon and violons are pronounced identically (\vjɔ.lɔ̃\) 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) - “violon” sits inside “violons”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29784, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
violon is recorded at frequency rank #9,766, classified as anoun, pronounced \vjɔ.lɔ̃\. violons is at rank #20,018, tagged as anoun, pronounced \vjɔ.lɔ̃\.
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 29784, this pair ranks #314,501 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of violon vs violons
Shared letters: ilnov. Private to "violon": -. Private to "violons": s.
"violon" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC · "violons" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "violon" for "violons" ever safe?
Frequency check: "violon" vs "violons" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "violon" / "violons". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "violon" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "violons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #314,501 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "violon" and "violons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "violons vs visons". 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 #314,501 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.