Which to use
“birman” and “birmans” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #44,332
- “birman” frequency rank
- #46,027
- “birmans” frequency rank
- 90359
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | birman | birmans |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Relatif aux Birmans, à la Birmanie (Myanmar), son peuple, sa langue ou sa culture. | Masculin pluriel de birman. |
Same sound, different letters: birman vs birmans
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. birman runs 6 letters (CVCCVC) against birmans's 7 (CVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: birman vs birmans
This is the hard kind. birman and birmans are pronounced identically (\biʁ.mɑ̃\) 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) - “birman” sits inside “birmans”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 90359, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
birman is recorded at frequency rank #44,332, classified as anadj, pronounced \biʁ.mɑ̃\. birmans is at rank #46,027, tagged as anadj, pronounced \biʁ.mɑ̃\.
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 90359, this pair ranks #4,861 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of birman vs birmans
Shared letters: abimnr. Private to "birman": -. Private to "birmans": s.
"birman" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "birmans" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "birman" and "birmans" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "birman" vs "birmans" - which ranks higher?
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 "birman" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "birmans" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #4,861 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "birman" and "birmans" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "birmane vs birmans". 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 #4,861 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.