Which to use
“célébrité” and “célébrités” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,464
- “célébrité” frequency rank
- #10,684
- “célébrités” frequency rank
- 20148
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | célébrité | célébrités |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Solennité d'une fête, d'un évènement. | Pluriel de célébrité. |
Same sound, different letters: célébrité vs célébrités
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. célébrité runs 9 letters (CVCVCCVCV) against célébrités's 10 (CVCVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - célébrité / célébrités
This is the hard kind. célébrité and célébrités are pronounced identically (\se.le.bʁi.te\) 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) - “célébrité” sits inside “célébrités”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20148, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
célébrité is recorded at frequency rank #9,464, classified as anoun, pronounced \se.le.bʁi.te\. célébrités is at rank #10,684, tagged as anoun, pronounced \se.le.bʁi.te\.
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 20148, this pair ranks #369,723 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of célébrité vs célébrités
Shared letters: bcilrté. Private to "célébrité": -. Private to "célébrités": s.
"célébrité" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCV · "célébrités" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "célébrité" and "célébrités" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "célébrité" or "célébrités"?
After this comparison
"célébrité" and "célébrités" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "célébrité" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "célébrités" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #369,723 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "célébrité" and "célébrités" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "célébrés vs célébrités". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #369,723 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.