Which to use
“acteur” and “acteurs” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,896
- “acteur” frequency rank
- #1,617
- “acteurs” frequency rank
- 3513
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | acteur | acteurs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Personne qui représente un personnage dans une pièce de théâtre, un film… | Pluriel de acteur. |
Same sound, different letters: acteur vs acteurs
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. acteur runs 6 letters (VCCVVC) against acteurs's 7 (VCCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - acteur / acteurs
This is the hard kind. acteur and acteurs are pronounced identically (\ak.tœʁ\) 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) - “acteur” sits inside “acteurs”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 3513, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
acteur is recorded at frequency rank #1,896, classified as anoun, pronounced \ak.tœʁ\. acteurs is at rank #1,617, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ak.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 3513, this pair ranks #433,848 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of acteur vs acteurs
Shared letters: acertu. Private to "acteur": -. Private to "acteurs": s.
"acteur" · 6 letters · shape VCCVVC · "acteurs" · 7 letters · shape VCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "acteur" for "acteurs" ever safe?
Frequency check: "acteur" vs "acteurs" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "acteur" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "acteurs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #433,848 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "acteur" and "acteurs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "actée vs acteur". 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 #433,848 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.