Which to use
“boursière” is a noun and “boursières” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #25,568
- “boursière” frequency rank
- #39,678
- “boursières” frequency rank
- 65246
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | boursière | boursières |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Celle qui est bénéficiaire d’une bourse d’études. | Féminin pluriel de boursier. |
Same sound, different letters: boursière vs boursières
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. boursière runs 9 letters (CVVCCVVCV) against boursières's 10 (CVVCCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - boursière / boursières
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: boursière and boursières carry the same recorded pronunciation, \buʁ.sjɛʁ\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “boursière” sits inside “boursières”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65246, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
boursière is recorded at frequency rank #25,568, classified as anoun, pronounced \buʁ.sjɛʁ\. boursières is at rank #39,678, tagged as anadj, pronounced \buʁ.sjɛʁ\.
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 65246, this pair ranks #73,187 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of boursière vs boursières
Shared letters: beiorsuè. Private to "boursière": -. Private to "boursières": -.
"boursière" · 9 letters · shape CVVCCVVCV · "boursières" · 10 letters · shape CVVCCVVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "boursière" and "boursières" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "boursière" or "boursières"?
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 "boursière" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "boursières" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #73,187 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "boursière" and "boursières" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "boursière vs Bussière". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #73,187 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.