Which to use
“binaire” and “binaires” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,422
- “binaire” frequency rank
- #25,223
- “binaires” frequency rank
- 39645
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | binaire | binaires |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est d’arité deux. | Pluriel de binaire. |
Same sound, different letters: binaire vs binaires
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. binaire runs 7 letters (CVCVVCV) against binaires's 8 (CVCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - binaire / binaires
This is the hard kind. binaire and binaires are pronounced identically (\bi.nɛʁ\) and both work as anadjective. 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) - “binaire” sits inside “binaires”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39645, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
binaire is recorded at frequency rank #14,422, classified as anadj, pronounced \bi.nɛʁ\. binaires is at rank #25,223, tagged as anadj, pronounced \bi.nɛʁ\.
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 39645, this pair ranks #246,424 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of binaire vs binaires
Shared letters: abeinr. Private to "binaire": -. Private to "binaires": s.
"binaire" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCV · "binaires" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "binaire" for "binaires" ever safe?
Frequency check: "binaire" vs "binaires" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
"binaire" and "binaires" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "binaire" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "binaires" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #246,424 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "binaire" and "binaires" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "biaisé vs binaire". 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 #246,424 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.