Which to use
“charrue” and “charrues” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #28,480
- “charrue” frequency rank
- #34,020
- “charrues” frequency rank
- 62500
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | charrue | charrues |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Terme générique par lequel on désigne les différents types d’instruments de labourage qui varient selon les pays, les époques, les techniques et les besoins. | Pluriel de charrue. |
Same sound, different letters: charrue vs charrues
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. charrue runs 7 letters (CCVCCVV) against charrues's 8 (CCVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: charrue vs charrues
This is the hard kind. charrue and charrues are pronounced identically (\ʃa.ʁy\) 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) - “charrue” sits inside “charrues”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62500, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
charrue is recorded at frequency rank #28,480, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʃa.ʁy\. charrues is at rank #34,020, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʃa.ʁy\.
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 62500, this pair ranks #86,779 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of charrue vs charrues
Shared letters: acehru. Private to "charrue": -. Private to "charrues": s.
"charrue" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVV · "charrues" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "charrue" for "charrues" ever safe?
Which is more common, "charrue" or "charrues"?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "charrue" / "charrues". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "charrue" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "charrues" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #86,779 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "charrue" and "charrues" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "charrie vs charrues". 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 #86,779 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.