Which to use
“acheteur” and “acheteurs” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,190
- “acheteur” frequency rank
- #9,423
- “acheteurs” frequency rank
- 17613
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | acheteur | acheteurs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Celui qui achète. | Pluriel de acheteur. |
Where the eye mixes acheteur and acheteurs
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. acheteur runs 8 letters (VCCVCVVC) against acheteurs's 9 (VCCVCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between acheteur and acheteurs
A purely visual mix-up. acheteur (\aʃ(.ə).tœʁ\) and acheteurs (\aʃ.tœʁ\) 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 extra letter(s) - “acheteur” sits inside “acheteurs”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17613, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
acheteur is recorded at frequency rank #8,190, classified as anoun, pronounced \aʃ(.ə).tœʁ\. acheteurs is at rank #9,423, tagged as anoun, pronounced \aʃ.tœʁ\.
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 17613, this pair ranks #382,324 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of acheteur vs acheteurs
Shared letters: acehrtu. Private to "acheteur": -. Private to "acheteurs": s.
"acheteur" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVVC · "acheteurs" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "acheteur" for "acheteurs" ever safe?
Which is more common, "acheteur" or "acheteurs"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "acheteur" and "acheteurs" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "acheteur" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "acheteurs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #382,324 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "acheteur" and "acheteurs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "achètera vs acheteurs". 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 #382,324 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.