Which to use
“ascenseur” and “ascenseurs” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,925
- “ascenseur” frequency rank
- #20,048
- “ascenseurs” frequency rank
- 26973
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ascenseur | ascenseurs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Appareil mécanique qui sert à monter ou descendre verticalement sans escalier. | Pluriel de ascenseur. |
Same sound, different letters: ascenseur vs ascenseurs
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. ascenseur runs 9 letters (VCCVCCVVC) against ascenseurs's 10 (VCCVCCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - ascenseur / ascenseurs
This is the hard kind. ascenseur and ascenseurs are pronounced identically (\a.sɑ̃.sœʁ\) 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) - “ascenseur” sits inside “ascenseurs”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26973, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ascenseur is recorded at frequency rank #6,925, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.sɑ̃.sœʁ\. ascenseurs is at rank #20,048, tagged as anoun, pronounced \a.sɑ̃.sœʁ\.
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 26973, this pair ranks #331,753 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of ascenseur vs ascenseurs
Shared letters: acenrsu. Private to "ascenseur": -. Private to "ascenseurs": -.
"ascenseur" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVVC · "ascenseurs" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- ascenseur ← acsenseur · asccenseur · ascenesur · ascennseur · ascenseru · ascenseurr · ascensseur · ascensuer
- ascenseurs ← acsenseurs · asccenseurs · ascenesurs · ascennseurs · ascenserus · ascenseurrs · ascenseurss · ascenseusr
Frequently Asked Questions
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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 "ascenseur" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ascenseurs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #331,753 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ascenseur" and "ascenseurs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ascenseurs vs assesseurs". 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 #331,753 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.