Which to use
“astuce” and “astuces” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,269
- “astuce” frequency rank
- #10,453
- “astuces” frequency rank
- 19722
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | astuce | astuces |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Finesse, ruse qui a pour objet de nuire. | Pluriel de astuce. |
Same sound, different letters: astuce vs astuces
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. astuce runs 6 letters (VCCVCV) against astuces's 7 (VCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: astuce vs astuces
This is the hard kind. astuce and astuces are pronounced identically (\as.tys\) 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) - “astuce” sits inside “astuces”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19722, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
astuce is recorded at frequency rank #9,269, classified as anoun, pronounced \as.tys\. astuces is at rank #10,453, tagged as anoun, pronounced \as.tys\.
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 19722, this pair ranks #371,874 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of astuce vs astuces
Shared letters: acestu. Private to "astuce": -. Private to "astuces": -.
"astuce" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV · "astuces" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "astuce" and "astuces" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "astuce" or "astuces" show up more?
What to do next
"astuce" and "astuces" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "astuce" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "astuces" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #371,874 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "astuce" and "astuces" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "assures vs astuces". 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 #371,874 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.