Which to use
“zoo” and “zoos” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,263
- “zoo” frequency rank
- #35,782
- “zoos” frequency rank
- 43045
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | zoo | zoos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Lieu d’attraction où les visiteurs peuvent observer des animaux, et jouant le rôle d’une mini-réserve en captivité. | Pluriel de zoo. |
Same sound, different letters: zoo vs zoos
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 3 letters. zoo runs 3 letters (CVV) against zoos's 4 (CVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - zoo and zoos
This is the hard kind. zoo and zoos are pronounced identically (\zo\) 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) - “zoo” sits inside “zoos”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43045, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
zoo is recorded at frequency rank #7,263, classified as anoun, pronounced \zo\. zoos is at rank #35,782, tagged as anoun, pronounced \zo\.
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 43045, this pair ranks #221,036 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of zoo vs zoos
Shared letters: oz. Private to "zoo": -. Private to "zoos": s.
"zoo" · 3 letters · shape CVV · "zoos" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- zoos ← ozos · zooss · zos · zoso · zzoos
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "zoo" and "zoos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "zoo" or "zoos"?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "zoo" / "zoos". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "zoo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "zoos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #221,036 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "zoo" and "zoos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "zoos vs zouk". 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 #221,036 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.