Which to use
“cadavre” and “cadavres” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,665
- “cadavre” frequency rank
- #8,349
- “cadavres” frequency rank
- 16014
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cadavre | cadavres |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Corps mort ; en parlant d’une personne et des gros animaux. | Pluriel de cadavre. |
Where the eye mixes cadavre and cadavres
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. cadavre runs 7 letters (CVCVCCV) against cadavres's 8 (CVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses cadavre with cadavres
A purely visual mix-up. cadavre (\ka.dɑvʁ\) and cadavres (\ka.davʁ\) 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) - “cadavre” sits inside “cadavres”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16014, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cadavre is recorded at frequency rank #7,665, classified as anoun, pronounced \ka.dɑvʁ\. cadavres is at rank #8,349, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ka.davʁ\.
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 16014, this pair ranks #389,787 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of cadavre vs cadavres
Shared letters: acderv. Private to "cadavre": -. Private to "cadavres": s.
"cadavre" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV · "cadavres" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "cadavre" and "cadavres" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "cadavre" or "cadavres"?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "cadavre" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cadavres" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #389,787 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cadavre" and "cadavres" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cadavre vs Calabre". 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 #389,787 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.