Which to use
“yuan” and “yuans” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,717
- “yuan” frequency rank
- #39,601
- “yuans” frequency rank
- 59318
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | yuan | yuans |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Devise officielle de la Chine. Un yuan vaut 10 jiaos et 100 fens. Code ISO 4217 : CNY. | Pluriel de yuan. |
Same sound, different letters: yuan vs yuans
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters.
Homophone desk: yuan vs yuans
This is the hard kind. yuan and yuans are pronounced identically (\jɥan\) 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) - “yuan” sits inside “yuans”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59318, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
yuan is recorded at frequency rank #19,717, classified as anoun, pronounced \jɥan\. yuans is at rank #39,601, tagged as anoun, pronounced \jɥan\.
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 59318, this pair ranks #103,817 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of yuan vs yuans
Shared letters: anuy. Private to "yuan": -. Private to "yuans": s.
"yuan" · 4 letters · shape VVVC · "yuans" · 5 letters · shape VVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "yuan" for "yuans" ever safe?
Frequency check: "yuan" vs "yuans" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "yuan" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "yuans" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #103,817 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "yuan" and "yuans" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "yuan 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 #103,817 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.