Which to use
“virtuel” and “virtuels” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,939
- “virtuel” frequency rank
- #22,452
- “virtuels” frequency rank
- 32391
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | virtuel | virtuels |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est seulement en puissance et sans effet actuel. | Masculin pluriel de virtuel. |
Same sound, different letters: virtuel vs virtuels
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - virtuel and virtuels
This is the hard kind. virtuel and virtuels are pronounced identically (\viʁ.tɥɛl\) 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) - “virtuel” sits inside “virtuels”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32391, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
virtuel is recorded at frequency rank #9,939, classified as anadj, pronounced \viʁ.tɥɛl\. virtuels is at rank #22,452, tagged as anadj, pronounced \viʁ.tɥɛl\.
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 32391, this pair ranks #297,593 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of virtuel vs virtuels
Shared letters: eilrtuv. Private to "virtuel": -. Private to "virtuels": s.
"virtuel" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "virtuels" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "virtuel" and "virtuels" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "virtuel" vs "virtuels" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "virtuel" / "virtuels". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "virtuel" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "virtuels" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #297,593 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "virtuel" and "virtuels" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "virtual vs virtuels". 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 #297,593 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.