Which to use
“bonheurs” and “bonjours” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #31,853
- “bonheurs” frequency rank
- #41,150
- “bonjours” frequency rank
- 73003
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | bonheurs | bonjours |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de bonheur. | Pluriel de bonjour. |
Where the eye mixes bonheurs and bonjours
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. bonheurs and bonjours follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between bonheurs and bonjours
A purely visual mix-up. bonheurs (\bɔ.nœʁ\) and bonjours (\bɔ̃.ʒuʁ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 73003, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
bonheurs is recorded at frequency rank #31,853, classified as anoun, pronounced \bɔ.nœʁ\. bonjours is at rank #41,150, tagged as anoun, pronounced \bɔ̃.ʒuʁ\.
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 73003, this pair ranks #42,013 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of bonheurs vs bonjours
Shared letters: bnorsu. Private to "bonheurs": eh. Private to "bonjours": j.
"bonheurs" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCC · "bonjours" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "bonheurs" and "bonjours" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "bonheurs" or "bonjours" show up more?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "bonheurs" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "bonjours" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #42,013 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "bonheurs" and "bonjours" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bonheurs vs boxeurs". 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 #42,013 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.