Which to use
“candidature” and “candidatures” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,903
- “candidature” frequency rank
- #10,464
- “candidatures” frequency rank
- 14367
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | candidature | candidatures |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Poursuite que fait un candidat d’un titre, d’un emploi. | Pluriel de candidature. |
Same sound, different letters: candidature vs candidatures
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 11 letters. candidature runs 11 letters (CVCCVCVCVCV) against candidatures's 12 (CVCCVCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: candidature vs candidatures
This is the hard kind. candidature and candidatures are pronounced identically (\kɑ̃.di.da.tyʁ\) 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) - “candidature” sits inside “candidatures”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14367, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
candidature is recorded at frequency rank #3,903, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɑ̃.di.da.tyʁ\. candidatures is at rank #10,464, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɑ̃.di.da.tyʁ\.
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 14367, this pair ranks #396,992 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of candidature vs candidatures
Shared letters: acdeinrtu. Private to "candidature": -. Private to "candidatures": s.
"candidature" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVCV · "candidatures" · 12 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- candidature ← acndidature · cadnidature · canddiature · canddidature · candiadture · candidatrue · candidatture · candidatuer
- candidatures ← acndidatures · cadnidatures · canddiatures · canddidatures · candiadtures · candidatrues · candidattures · candidatuers
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "candidature" and "candidatures" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "candidature" vs "candidatures" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "candidature" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "candidatures" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #396,992 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "candidature" and "candidatures" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "candidates vs candidatures". 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 #396,992 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.