Which to use
“yard” and “yards” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #24,446
- “yard” frequency rank
- #17,852
- “yards” frequency rank
- 42298
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | yard | yards |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Unité de mesure de la longueur (système impérial britannique), encore utilisée aux États-Unis, définie comme exactement 0,9144 mètre depuis 1959. Le symbole : yd (international) ou vg (au Canada francophone). Anciennement appelé verge en France, notamment pour mesurer les tissus ; la verge est encore utilisée de nos jours au Canada, principalement dans le domaine du football nord-américain. 1 yard = 3 pieds = 36 pouces 1 mile = 1760 yards 1 yard = 91,44 centimètres | Pluriel de yard. |
Same sound, different letters: yard vs yards
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters. yard runs 4 letters (VVCC) against yards's 5 (VVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: yard vs yards
This is the hard kind. yard and yards are pronounced identically (\jaʁd\) 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) - “yard” sits inside “yards”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42298, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
yard is recorded at frequency rank #24,446, classified as anoun, pronounced \jaʁd\. yards is at rank #17,852, tagged as anoun, pronounced \jaʁd\.
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 42298, this pair ranks #226,675 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of yard vs yards
Shared letters: adry. Private to "yard": -. Private to "yards": s.
"yard" · 4 letters · shape VVCC · "yards" · 5 letters · shape VVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "yard" / "yards". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "yard" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "yards" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #226,675 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "yard" and "yards" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "yard vs yay". 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 #226,675 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.