Which to use
“volatil” and “volatils” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #43,209
- “volatil” frequency rank
- #38,099
- “volatils” frequency rank
- 81308
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | volatil | volatils |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qualifie une matière, solide ou liquide, qui s’évapore facilement, susceptible de se résoudre en vapeur, en gaz. | Masculin pluriel de volatil. |
Same sound, different letters: volatil vs volatils
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. volatil runs 7 letters (CVCVCVC) against volatils's 8 (CVCVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: volatil vs volatils
This is the hard kind. volatil and volatils 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 1 extra letter(s) - “volatil” sits inside “volatils”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 81308, 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\. volatils is at rank #38,099, 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 81308, this pair ranks #19,031 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of volatil vs volatils
Shared letters: ailotv. Private to "volatil": -. Private to "volatils": s.
"volatil" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "volatils" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "volatil" and "volatils" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "volatil" or "volatils"?
What to do next
"volatil" and "volatils" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "volatil" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "volatils" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #19,031 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "volatil" and "volatils" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "volatil vs volatiles". 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 #19,031 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.