Which to use
“volatil” and “volatiles” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #43,209
- “volatil” frequency rank
- #31,295
- “volatiles” frequency rank
- 74504
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | volatil | volatiles |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qualifie une matière, solide ou liquide, qui s’évapore facilement, susceptible de se résoudre en vapeur, en gaz. | Féminin pluriel de volatil. |
Same sound, different letters: volatil vs volatiles
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. volatil runs 7 letters (CVCVCVC) against volatiles's 9 (CVCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - volatil / volatiles
This is the hard kind. volatil and volatiles are pronounced identically (\vɔ.la.til\) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “volatil” sits inside “volatiles”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 74504, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
volatil is recorded at frequency rank #43,209, classified as anadj, pronounced \vɔ.la.til\. volatiles is at rank #31,295, tagged as anadj, pronounced \vɔ.la.til\.
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 74504, this pair ranks #36,951 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of volatil vs volatiles
Shared letters: ailotv. Private to "volatil": -. Private to "volatiles": es.
"volatil" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "volatiles" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "volatil" for "volatiles" ever safe?
Frequency check: "volatil" vs "volatiles" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "volatil" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "volatiles" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #36,951 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "volatil" and "volatiles" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "volatil vs volatils". 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 #36,951 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.