Which to use
“armoire” and “armoires” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,343
- “armoire” frequency rank
- #28,056
- “armoires” frequency rank
- 39399
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | armoire | armoires |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Meuble haut fermé par une ou deux portes et destiné au rangement du linge, des vêtements ou d’autres objets. | Pluriel de armoire. |
Same sound, different letters: armoire vs armoires
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. armoire runs 7 letters (VCCVVCV) against armoires's 8 (VCCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - armoire / armoires
This is the hard kind. armoire and armoires are pronounced identically (\aʁ.mwaʁ\) 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) - “armoire” sits inside “armoires”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39399, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
armoire is recorded at frequency rank #11,343, classified as anoun, pronounced \aʁ.mwaʁ\. armoires is at rank #28,056, tagged as anoun, pronounced \aʁ.mwaʁ\.
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 39399, this pair ranks #248,264 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of armoire vs armoires
Shared letters: aeimor. Private to "armoire": -. Private to "armoires": s.
"armoire" · 7 letters · shape VCCVVCV · "armoires" · 8 letters · shape VCCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "armoire" and "armoires" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "armoire" vs "armoires" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
"armoire" and "armoires" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "armoire" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "armoires" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #248,264 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "armoire" and "armoires" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "arboré vs armoire". 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 #248,264 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.