Which to use
“abusif” and “abusifs” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #21,520
- “abusif” frequency rank
- #38,624
- “abusifs” frequency rank
- 60144
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | abusif | abusifs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Où il y a abus, qui est contraire à l’ordre, aux règles, aux lois. | Masculin pluriel de abusif. |
Same sound, different letters: abusif vs abusifs
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - abusif / abusifs
This is the hard kind. abusif and abusifs are pronounced identically (\a.by.zif\) 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) - “abusif” sits inside “abusifs”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60144, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
abusif is recorded at frequency rank #21,520, classified as anadj, pronounced \a.by.zif\. abusifs is at rank #38,624, tagged as anadj, pronounced \a.by.zif\.
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 60144, this pair ranks #99,215 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of abusif vs abusifs
Shared letters: abfisu. Private to "abusif": -. Private to "abusifs": -.
"abusif" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC · "abusifs" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "abusif" and "abusifs" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "abusif" vs "abusifs" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "abusif" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "abusifs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #99,215 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "abusif" and "abusifs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "abusifs vs abusives". 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 #99,215 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.