Which to use
“auteurs” and “autours” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,619
- “auteurs” frequency rank
- #35,819
- “autours” frequency rank
- 37438
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | auteurs | autours |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de auteur. | Pluriel de autour. |
Where the eye mixes auteurs and autours
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. auteurs and autours follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VVCVVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: auteurs vs autours
A purely visual mix-up. auteurs (\o.tœʁ\) and autours (\o.tuʁ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - e in “auteurs” becomes o in “autours”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37438, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
auteurs is recorded at frequency rank #1,619, classified as anoun, pronounced \o.tœʁ\. autours is at rank #35,819, tagged as anoun, pronounced \o.tuʁ\.
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 37438, this pair ranks #262,523 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of auteurs vs autours
Shared letters: arstu. Private to "auteurs": e. Private to "autours": o.
"auteurs" · 7 letters · shape VVCVVCC · "autours" · 7 letters · shape VVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "auteurs" and "autours" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "auteurs" vs "autours" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "auteurs" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "autours" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #262,523 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "auteurs" and "autours" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "atours 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 #262,523 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.