analysesvsanalyseurWhich spelling fits?

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

#4,120
“analyses” frequency rank
#42,732
“analyseur” frequency rank
46852
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature analyses analyseur
Definition Pluriel de analyse. Objet ou chose qui analyse.

Where the eye mixes analyses and analyseur

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.

8 ch
analyses
9 ch
analyseur

Look-alike desk: analyses vs analyseur

A purely visual mix-up. analyses (\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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46852, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

analyses is recorded at frequency rank #4,120, 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 46852, this pair ranks #191,558 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of analyses vs analyseur

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

"analyses" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVC  ·  "analyseur" · 9 letters · shape VCVCVCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • analysesaanlyses · anallyses · analsyes · analyess · analysess · analysses · analyyses · anaylses
  • analyseuraanlyseur · anallyseur · analsyeur · analyesur · analyseru · analyseurr · analysseur · analysuer

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "analyses" and "analyseur" mean the same thing in a sentence?
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.
Frequency check: "analyses" vs "analyseur" - which ranks higher?
"analyses" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,120 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.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "analyses" and "analyseur" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "analyses" 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 #191,558 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "analyses" 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 #191,558 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