Which to use
“anniversaire” and “anniversaires” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,429
- “anniversaire” frequency rank
- #17,618
- “anniversaires” frequency rank
- 19047
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | anniversaire | anniversaires |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Retour annuel d’un jour marqué par un événement. | Pluriel de anniversaire. |
Same sound, different letters: anniversaire vs anniversaires
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 12 letters. anniversaire runs 12 letters (VCCVCVCCVVCV) against anniversaires's 13 (VCCVCVCCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - anniversaire / anniversaires
This is the hard kind. anniversaire and anniversaires are pronounced identically (\a.ni.vɛʁ.sɛʁ\) 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) - “anniversaire” sits inside “anniversaires”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19047, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
anniversaire is recorded at frequency rank #1,429, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.ni.vɛʁ.sɛʁ\. anniversaires is at rank #17,618, tagged as anoun, pronounced \a.ni.vɛʁ.sɛʁ\.
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 19047, this pair ranks #375,309 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of anniversaire vs anniversaires
Shared letters: aeinrsv. Private to "anniversaire": -. Private to "anniversaires": -.
"anniversaire" · 12 letters · shape VCCVCVCCVVCV · "anniversaires" · 13 letters · shape VCCVCVCCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- anniversaire ← aninversaire · aniversaire · annievrsaire · anniverasire · anniverrsaire · anniversaier · anniversairre · anniversarie
- anniversaires ← aninversaires · aniversaires · annievrsaires · anniverasires · anniverrsaires · anniversaiers · anniversairess · anniversairres
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "anniversaire" and "anniversaires" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "anniversaire" or "anniversaires" show up more?
Useful next steps
"anniversaire" and "anniversaires" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "anniversaire" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "anniversaires" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #375,309 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- 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 #375,309 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.