Which to use
“bruyère” and “bruyères” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #24,134
- “bruyère” frequency rank
- #34,003
- “bruyères” frequency rank
- 58137
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | bruyère | bruyères |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Plante ligneuse du genre Erica, dont le feuillage est toujours vert et qui croît dans des terrains incultes et sablonneux. | Pluriel de bruyère. |
Same sound, different letters: bruyère vs bruyères
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. bruyère runs 7 letters (CCVVVCV) against bruyères's 8 (CCVVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: bruyère vs bruyères
This is the hard kind. bruyère and bruyères are pronounced identically (\bʁɥi.jɛʁ\) 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) - “bruyère” sits inside “bruyères”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58137, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
bruyère is recorded at frequency rank #24,134, classified as anoun, pronounced \bʁɥi.jɛʁ\. bruyères is at rank #34,003, tagged as anoun, pronounced \bʁɥi.jɛʁ\.
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 58137, this pair ranks #110,809 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of bruyère vs bruyères
Shared letters: beruyè. Private to "bruyère": -. Private to "bruyères": s.
"bruyère" · 7 letters · shape CCVVVCV · "bruyères" · 8 letters · shape CCVVVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "bruyère" for "bruyères" ever safe?
Frequency check: "bruyère" vs "bruyères" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "bruyère" / "bruyères". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "bruyère" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "bruyères" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #110,809 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "bruyère" and "bruyères" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "brière vs bruyère". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #110,809 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.