Which to use
“agriculteurs” and “agriculture” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,545
- “agriculteurs” frequency rank
- #1,799
- “agriculture” frequency rank
- 6344
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | agriculteurs | agriculture |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de agriculteur. | Activité ayant pour objet l'exploitation des terres par la production de végétaux et l'élevage d'animaux. |
Where the eye mixes agriculteurs and agriculture
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. agriculteurs runs 12 letters (VCCVCVCCVVCC) against agriculture's 11 (VCCVCVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses agriculteurs with agriculture
A purely visual mix-up. agriculteurs (\a.ɡʁi.kyl.tœʁ\) and agriculture (\a.ɡʁi.kyl.tyʁ\) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 6344, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
agriculteurs is recorded at frequency rank #4,545, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.ɡʁi.kyl.tœʁ\. agriculture is at rank #1,799, tagged as anoun, pronounced \a.ɡʁi.kyl.tyʁ\.
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 6344, this pair ranks #426,505 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of agriculteurs vs agriculture
Shared letters: acegilrtu. Private to "agriculteurs": s. Private to "agriculture": -.
"agriculteurs" · 12 letters · shape VCCVCVCCVVCC · "agriculture" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- agriculteurs ← aggriculteurs · agirculteurs · agrciulteurs · agricculteurs · agricluteurs · agriculeturs · agricullteurs · agriculterus
- agriculture ← aggriculture · agirculture · agrciulture · agricculture · agricluture · agricullture · agricultrue · agricultture
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "agriculteurs" for "agriculture" ever safe?
Frequency check: "agriculteurs" vs "agriculture" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "agriculteurs" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "agriculture" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #426,505 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "agriculteurs" and "agriculture" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "agriculteurs vs apiculteurs". 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 #426,505 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.