Which to use
“auteure” and “auteurs” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,272
- “auteure” frequency rank
- #1,619
- “auteurs” frequency rank
- 10891
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | auteure | auteurs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Créatrice d’une œuvre littéraire. | Pluriel de auteur. |
Same sound, different letters: auteure vs auteurs
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. auteure (VVCVVCV) and auteurs (VVCVVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Same sound, different spelling - auteure / auteurs
This is the hard kind. auteure and auteurs are pronounced identically (\o.tœʁ\) 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 a single letter - e in “auteure” becomes s in “auteurs”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10891, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
auteure is recorded at frequency rank #9,272, classified as anoun, pronounced \o.tœʁ\. auteurs is at rank #1,619, tagged as anoun, pronounced \o.tœʁ\.
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 10891, this pair ranks #411,272 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of auteure vs auteurs
Shared letters: aertu. Private to "auteure": -. Private to "auteurs": s.
"auteure" · 7 letters · shape VVCVVCV · "auteurs" · 7 letters · shape VVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "auteure" and "auteurs" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "auteure" or "auteurs" show up more?
What to do next
"auteure" and "auteurs" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "auteure" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "auteurs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #411,272 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "auteure" and "auteurs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "auteure vs autours". 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 #411,272 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.