Which to use
“chéries” and “chéris” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #43,843
- “chéries” frequency rank
- #25,925
- “chéris” frequency rank
- 69768
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | chéries | chéris |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de chéri. | Masculin pluriel de chéri. |
Same sound, different letters: chéries vs chéris
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. chéries runs 7 letters (CCVCVVC) against chéris's 6 (CCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: chéries vs chéris
This is the hard kind. chéries and chéris are pronounced identically (\ʃe.ʁi\) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69768, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
chéries is recorded at frequency rank #43,843, classified as anadj, pronounced \ʃe.ʁi\. chéris is at rank #25,925, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʃe.ʁi\.
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 69768, this pair ranks #53,889 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of chéries vs chéris
Shared letters: chirsé. Private to "chéries": e. Private to "chéris": -.
"chéries" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVC · "chéris" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "chéries" for "chéris" ever safe?
Which is more common, "chéries" or "chéris"?
Useful next steps
"chéries" and "chéris" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "chéries" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "chéris" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #53,889 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "chéries" and "chéris" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "chéries vs cierges". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #53,889 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.