Which to use
“argument” and “arguments” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,983
- “argument” frequency rank
- #4,039
- “arguments” frequency rank
- 8022
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | argument | arguments |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Raisonnement construit selon certaines règles, par lequel on tire méthodiquement une conséquence d’une ou de plusieurs propositions. | Pluriel de argument. |
Same sound, different letters: argument vs arguments
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - argument and arguments
This is the hard kind. argument and arguments are pronounced identically (\aʁ.ɡy.mɑ̃\) 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) - “argument” sits inside “arguments”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 8022, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
argument is recorded at frequency rank #3,983, classified as anoun, pronounced \aʁ.ɡy.mɑ̃\. arguments is at rank #4,039, tagged as anoun, pronounced \aʁ.ɡy.mɑ̃\.
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 8022, this pair ranks #421,374 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of argument vs arguments
Shared letters: aegmnrtu. Private to "argument": -. Private to "arguments": s.
"argument" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCC · "arguments" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "argument" and "arguments" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "argument" or "arguments"?
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 "argument" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "arguments" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #421,374 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "argument" and "arguments" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "argents vs arguments". 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 #421,374 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.