Which to use
“boîtier” and “boîtiers” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,138
- “boîtier” frequency rank
- #40,148
- “boîtiers” frequency rank
- 58286
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | boîtier | boîtiers |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Coffret à plusieurs compartiments. | Pluriel de boîtier (objet). |
Same sound, different letters: boîtier vs boîtiers
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. boîtier runs 7 letters (CVVCVVC) against boîtiers's 8 (CVVCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: boîtier vs boîtiers
This is the hard kind. boîtier and boîtiers are pronounced identically (\bwa.tje\) 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 1 extra letter(s) - “boîtier” sits inside “boîtiers”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58286, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
boîtier is recorded at frequency rank #18,138, classified as anoun, pronounced \bwa.tje\. boîtiers is at rank #40,148, tagged as anoun, pronounced \bwa.tje\.
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 58286, this pair ranks #109,940 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of boîtier vs boîtiers
Shared letters: beiortî. Private to "boîtier": -. Private to "boîtiers": s.
"boîtier" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVVC · "boîtiers" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVVCC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "boîtier" for "boîtiers" ever safe?
Which is more common, "boîtier" or "boîtiers"?
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 "boîtier" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "boîtiers" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #109,940 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "boîtier" and "boîtiers" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "boîtier vs bonnier". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #109,940 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.