Which to use
“brûlure” and “brûlures” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #21,260
- “brûlure” frequency rank
- #18,420
- “brûlures” frequency rank
- 39680
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | brûlure | brûlures |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Impression qu'un corps très chaud ou très froid, une substance corrosive ou caustique, un frottement, un rayonnement ou encore un courant électrique font sur la peau ou sur quelque autre matière et qui va jusqu’à les altérer ou même jusqu’à les détruire partiellement. | Pluriel de brûlure. |
Same sound, different letters: brûlure vs brûlures
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. brûlure runs 7 letters (CCVCVCV) against brûlures's 8 (CCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: brûlure vs brûlures
This is the hard kind. brûlure and brûlures are pronounced identically (\bʁy.lyʁ\) 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) - “brûlure” sits inside “brûlures”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39680, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
brûlure is recorded at frequency rank #21,260, classified as anoun, pronounced \bʁy.lyʁ\. brûlures is at rank #18,420, tagged as anoun, pronounced \bʁy.lyʁ\.
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 39680, this pair ranks #246,195 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of brûlure vs brûlures
Shared letters: belruû. Private to "brûlure": -. Private to "brûlures": s.
"brûlure" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCV · "brûlures" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "brûlure" / "brûlures". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "brûlure" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "brûlures" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #246,195 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "brûlure" and "brûlures" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "brûlures vs bruyères". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #246,195 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.