Which to use
“blessure” and “blessures” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,900
- “blessure” frequency rank
- #4,045
- “blessures” frequency rank
- 7945
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | blessure | blessures |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Plaie ou fracture produite par un coup ou un choc. | Pluriel de blessure. |
Where the eye mixes blessure and blessures
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between blessure and blessures
A purely visual mix-up. blessure (\blɛ.syʁ\) and blessures (\ble.syʁ\) 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 1 extra letter(s) - “blessure” sits inside “blessures”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 7945, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
blessure is recorded at frequency rank #3,900, classified as anoun, pronounced \blɛ.syʁ\. blessures is at rank #4,045, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ble.syʁ\.
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 7945, this pair ranks #421,624 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of blessure vs blessures
Shared letters: belrsu. Private to "blessure": -. Private to "blessures": -.
"blessure" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCVCV · "blessures" · 9 letters · shape CCVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "blessure" and "blessures" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "blessure" or "blessures"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "blessure" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "blessures" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #421,624 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "blessure" and "blessures" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "blessées vs blessures". 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 #421,624 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.