Which to use
“yet” and “yeux” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #40,559
- “yet” frequency rank
- #407
- “yeux” frequency rank
- 40966
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | yet | yeux |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Mollusque gastéropode marin africain du genre Cymbium, collectionné et utilisé dans la cuisine sénégalaise. | Pluriel de œil. |
Where the eye mixes yet and yeux
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: yet vs yeux
A purely visual mix-up. yet (\jɛt\) and yeux (\jø\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40966, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
yet is recorded at frequency rank #40,559, classified as anoun, pronounced \jɛt\. yeux is at rank #407, tagged as anoun, pronounced \jø\.
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 40966, this pair ranks #236,602 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of yet vs yeux
Shared letters: ey. Private to "yet": t. Private to "yeux": ux.
"yet" · 3 letters · shape VVC · "yeux" · 4 letters · shape VVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- yeux ← eyux · yeuxx · yexu · yuex · yyeux
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "yet" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "yeux" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #236,602 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "yet" and "yeux" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "yet vs yum". 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 #236,602 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.