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“antiquaire” and “antiquaires” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #31,346
- “antiquaire” frequency rank
- #29,221
- “antiquaires” frequency rank
- 60567
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | antiquaire | antiquaires |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Celui, celle qui recherche pour les vendre des objets anciens. | Pluriel de antiquaire. |
Same sound, different letters: antiquaire vs antiquaires
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters. antiquaire runs 10 letters (VCCVCVVVCV) against antiquaires's 11 (VCCVCVVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - antiquaire / antiquaires
This is the hard kind. antiquaire and antiquaires are pronounced identically (\ɑ̃.ti.kɛʁ\) 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) - “antiquaire” sits inside “antiquaires”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60567, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
antiquaire is recorded at frequency rank #31,346, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɑ̃.ti.kɛʁ\. antiquaires is at rank #29,221, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɑ̃.ti.kɛʁ\.
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 60567, this pair ranks #96,946 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of antiquaire vs antiquaires
Shared letters: aeinqrtu. Private to "antiquaire": -. Private to "antiquaires": s.
"antiquaire" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCVVVCV · "antiquaires" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCVVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- antiquaire ← anitquaire · anntiquaire · antiqauire · antiqquaire · antiquaier · antiquairre · antiquarie · antiquiare
- antiquaires ← anitquaires · anntiquaires · antiqauires · antiqquaires · antiquaiers · antiquairess · antiquairres · antiquairse
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "antiquaire" and "antiquaires" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "antiquaire" or "antiquaires"?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "antiquaire" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "antiquaires" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #96,946 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "antiquaire" and "antiquaires" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "antiquaires vs antiquités". 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 #96,946 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.