Which to use
“chantier” and “chantiers” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,825
- “chantier” frequency rank
- #6,473
- “chantiers” frequency rank
- 10298
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | chantier | chantiers |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pièce de bois qui sert de support, d’étai. | Pluriel de chantier. |
Same sound, different letters: chantier vs chantiers
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. chantier runs 8 letters (CCVCCVVC) against chantiers's 9 (CCVCCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: chantier vs chantiers
This is the hard kind. chantier and chantiers are pronounced identically (\ʃɑ̃.tje\) 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) - “chantier” sits inside “chantiers”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10298, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
chantier is recorded at frequency rank #3,825, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʃɑ̃.tje\. chantiers is at rank #6,473, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʃɑ̃.tje\.
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 10298, this pair ranks #413,511 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of chantier vs chantiers
Shared letters: acehinrt. Private to "chantier": -. Private to "chantiers": s.
"chantier" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCVVC · "chantiers" · 9 letters · shape CCVCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "chantier" and "chantiers" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "chantier" or "chantiers" show up more?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "chantier" / "chantiers". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "chantier" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "chantiers" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #413,511 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "chantier" and "chantiers" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "chantiers vs chantres". 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 #413,511 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.