Which to use
“architecte” and “architectes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,730
- “architecte” frequency rank
- #8,334
- “architectes” frequency rank
- 13064
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | architecte | architectes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Personne habilitée à concevoir et à diriger la réalisation d'édifices de toute nature, ainsi que d'ensembles urbains. | Pluriel de architecte. |
Same sound, different letters: architecte vs architectes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters. architecte runs 10 letters (VCCCVCVCCV) against architectes's 11 (VCCCVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: architecte vs architectes
This is the hard kind. architecte and architectes are pronounced identically (\aʁ.ʃi.tɛkt\) 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) - “architecte” sits inside “architectes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13064, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
architecte is recorded at frequency rank #4,730, classified as anoun, pronounced \aʁ.ʃi.tɛkt\. architectes is at rank #8,334, tagged as anoun, pronounced \aʁ.ʃi.tɛkt\.
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 13064, this pair ranks #402,579 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of architecte vs architectes
Shared letters: acehirt. Private to "architecte": -. Private to "architectes": s.
"architecte" · 10 letters · shape VCCCVCVCCV · "architectes" · 11 letters · shape VCCCVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- architecte ← acrhitecte · arcchitecte · archhitecte · archietcte · architcete · architeccte · architecet · architectte
- architectes ← acrhitectes · arcchitectes · archhitectes · archietctes · architcetes · architecctes · architecets · architectess
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "architecte" and "architectes" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "architecte" or "architectes"?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "architecte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "architectes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #402,579 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "architecte" and "architectes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "architectes vs architectures". 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 #402,579 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.