Which to use
“bunker” and “bunkers” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,949
- “bunker” frequency rank
- #47,196
- “bunkers” frequency rank
- 66145
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | bunker | bunkers |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Casemate où l’on peut s’abriter contre une attaque, une intempérie, une force externe. | Pluriel de bunker. |
Where the eye mixes bunker and bunkers
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. bunker runs 6 letters (CVCCVC) against bunkers's 7 (CVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: bunker vs bunkers
A purely visual mix-up. bunker (\buŋ.kœʁ\) and bunkers (\bun.kɛʁ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “bunker” sits inside “bunkers”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66145, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
bunker is recorded at frequency rank #18,949, classified as anoun, pronounced \buŋ.kœʁ\. bunkers is at rank #47,196, tagged as anoun, pronounced \bun.kɛʁ\.
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 66145, this pair ranks #69,080 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of bunker vs bunkers
Shared letters: beknru. Private to "bunker": -. Private to "bunkers": s.
"bunker" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "bunkers" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "bunker" and "bunkers" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "bunker" or "bunkers" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "bunker" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "bunkers" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #69,080 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "bunker" and "bunkers" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bunkers vs burgers". 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 #69,080 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.