analysevsanalyseurWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

“analyse” and “analyseur” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#1,017
“analyse” frequency rank
#42,732
“analyseur” frequency rank
43749
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature analyse analyseur
Definition Résolution d’un tout en ses parties. Objet ou chose qui analyse.

Where the eye mixes analyse and analyseur

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. analyse runs 7 letters (VCVCVCV) against analyseur's 9 (VCVCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
analyse
9 ch
analyseur

Look-alike desk: analyse vs analyseur

A purely visual mix-up. analyse (\a.na.liz\) and analyseur (\a.na.li.zœʁ\) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “analyse” sits inside “analyseur”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43749, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

analyse is recorded at frequency rank #1,017, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.na.liz\. analyseur is at rank #42,732, tagged as anoun, pronounced \a.na.li.zœʁ\.

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 43749, this pair ranks #215,726 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of analyse vs analyseur

Shared letters: aelnsy. Private to "analyse": -. Private to "analyseur": ru.

"analyse" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCV  ·  "analyseur" · 9 letters · shape VCVCVCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • analyse ← aanlyse · anallyse · analsye · analyes · analysse · analyyse · anaylse · anlayse
  • analyseur ← aanlyseur · anallyseur · analsyeur · analyesur · analyseru · analyseurr · analysseur · analysuer

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "analyse" for "analyseur" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\a.na.liz\ versus \a.na.li.zœʁ\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary French text, does "analyse" or "analyseur" show up more?
"analyse" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,017 in our French list, against #42,732 for "analyseur". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "analyse" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "analyseur" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #215,726 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "analyse" and "analyseur" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "analysent vs analyseur". 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 #215,726 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list