Which to use
“angulaire” and “angulaires” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,347
- “angulaire” frequency rank
- #46,575
- “angulaires” frequency rank
- 66922
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | angulaire | angulaires |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui a la forme d’un angle. | Pluriel de angulaire. |
Same sound, different letters: angulaire vs angulaires
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. angulaire runs 9 letters (VCCVCVVCV) against angulaires's 10 (VCCVCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - angulaire and angulaires
This is the hard kind. angulaire and angulaires are pronounced identically (\ɑ̃.ɡy.lɛʁ\) and both work as anadjective. 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) - “angulaire” sits inside “angulaires”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66922, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
angulaire is recorded at frequency rank #20,347, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɑ̃.ɡy.lɛʁ\. angulaires is at rank #46,575, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɑ̃.ɡy.lɛʁ\.
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 66922, this pair ranks #65,695 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of angulaire vs angulaires
Shared letters: aegilnru. Private to "angulaire": -. Private to "angulaires": s.
"angulaire" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVVCV · "angulaires" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- angulaire ← agnulaire · anggulaire · angluaire · angualire · angulaier · angulairre · angularie · anguliare
- angulaires ← agnulaires · anggulaires · angluaires · angualires · angulaiers · angulairess · angulairres · angulairse
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "angulaire" and "angulaires" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "angulaire" vs "angulaires" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "angulaire" / "angulaires". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "angulaire" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "angulaires" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #65,695 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "angulaire" and "angulaires" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "angulaires vs annuaires". 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 #65,695 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.