Which to use
“cheveu” and “cheveux” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,833
- “cheveu” frequency rank
- #1,177
- “cheveux” frequency rank
- 17010
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cheveu | cheveux |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Filament organique synthétisé par l’épiderme du crâne humain. | Pluriel de cheveu. |
Same sound, different letters: cheveu vs cheveux
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - cheveu and cheveux
This is the hard kind. cheveu and cheveux are pronounced identically (\ʃə.vø\) 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) - “cheveu” sits inside “cheveux”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17010, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cheveu is recorded at frequency rank #15,833, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʃə.vø\. cheveux is at rank #1,177, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʃə.vø\.
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 17010, this pair ranks #385,226 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of cheveu vs cheveux
Shared letters: cehuv. Private to "cheveu": -. Private to "cheveux": x.
"cheveu" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVV · "cheveux" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cheveu" and "cheveux" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "cheveu" or "cheveux" show up more?
Useful next steps
"cheveu" and "cheveux" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "cheveu" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cheveux" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #385,226 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cheveu" and "cheveux" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cheveu vs chevreau". 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 #385,226 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.