Which to use
“censeur” and “censeurs” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #39,203
- “censeur” frequency rank
- #38,194
- “censeurs” frequency rank
- 77397
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | censeur | censeurs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Magistrat romain chargé d’établir le cens, c’est-à-dire le recensement des citoyens, le contrôle de l’état de leur fortune, et la légitimité de leur appartenance à telle ou telle classe (sénatoriale ou équestre). | Pluriel de censeur. |
Same sound, different letters: censeur vs censeurs
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. censeur runs 7 letters (CVCCVVC) against censeurs's 8 (CVCCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: censeur vs censeurs
This is the hard kind. censeur and censeurs are pronounced identically (\sɑ̃.sœʁ\) 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) - “censeur” sits inside “censeurs”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 77397, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
censeur is recorded at frequency rank #39,203, classified as anoun, pronounced \sɑ̃.sœʁ\. censeurs is at rank #38,194, tagged as anoun, pronounced \sɑ̃.sœʁ\.
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 77397, this pair ranks #28,491 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of censeur vs censeurs
Shared letters: cenrsu. Private to "censeur": -. Private to "censeurs": -.
"censeur" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "censeurs" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "censeur" and "censeurs" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "censeur" or "censeurs" show up more?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "censeur" / "censeurs". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "censeur" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "censeurs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #28,491 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "censeur" and "censeurs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "casseur vs censeur". 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 #28,491 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.