Which to use
“calendrier” and “calendriers” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,318
- “calendrier” frequency rank
- #26,654
- “calendriers” frequency rank
- 29972
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | calendrier | calendriers |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Livre ou tableau qui contient la suite des mois et des jours de l’année. | Pluriel de calendrier. |
Same sound, different letters: calendrier vs calendriers
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - calendrier and calendriers
This is the hard kind. calendrier and calendriers are pronounced identically (\ka.lɑ̃.dʁi.je\) 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) - “calendrier” sits inside “calendriers”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29972, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
calendrier is recorded at frequency rank #3,318, classified as anoun, pronounced \ka.lɑ̃.dʁi.je\. calendriers is at rank #26,654, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ka.lɑ̃.dʁi.je\.
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 29972, this pair ranks #313,290 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of calendrier vs calendriers
Shared letters: acdeilnr. Private to "calendrier": -. Private to "calendriers": s.
"calendrier" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCCVVC · "calendriers" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- calendrier ← aclendrier · caelndrier · calednrier · calenddrier · calendirer · calendreir · calendrierr · calendrire
- calendriers ← aclendriers · caelndriers · calednriers · calenddriers · calendirers · calendreirs · calendrierrs · calendrierss
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "calendrier" for "calendriers" ever safe?
Frequency check: "calendrier" vs "calendriers" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "calendrier" / "calendriers". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "calendrier" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "calendriers" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #313,290 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "calendrier" and "calendriers" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "calendrier vs cendrier". 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 #313,290 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.