Which to use
“capteur” and “capteurs” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,623
- “capteur” frequency rank
- #11,534
- “capteurs” frequency rank
- 26157
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | capteur | capteurs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui capte. | Masculin pluriel de capteur. |
Same sound, different letters: capteur vs capteurs
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. capteur runs 7 letters (CVCCVVC) against capteurs's 8 (CVCCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - capteur and capteurs
This is the hard kind. capteur and capteurs are pronounced identically (\kap.tœʁ\) and both work as anadjective. 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) - “capteur” sits inside “capteurs”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26157, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
capteur is recorded at frequency rank #14,623, classified as anadj, pronounced \kap.tœʁ\. capteurs is at rank #11,534, tagged as anadj, pronounced \kap.tœʁ\.
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 26157, this pair ranks #336,802 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of capteur vs capteurs
Shared letters: aceprtu. Private to "capteur": -. Private to "capteurs": s.
"capteur" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "capteurs" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "capteur" and "capteurs" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "capteur" or "capteurs"?
Useful next steps
"capteur" and "capteurs" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "capteur" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "capteurs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #336,802 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "capteur" and "capteurs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "capteur vs casseur". 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 #336,802 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.