Which to use
“chèvre” and “chèvres” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,214
- “chèvre” frequency rank
- #13,540
- “chèvres” frequency rank
- 21754
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | chèvre | chèvres |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Genre de mammifère de l’ordre des ruminants, à cornes creuses et persistantes et à menton garni d’une barbe. | Pluriel de chèvre. |
Same sound, different letters: chèvre vs chèvres
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - chèvre and chèvres
This is the hard kind. chèvre and chèvres are pronounced identically (\ʃɛvʁ\) 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) - “chèvre” sits inside “chèvres”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21754, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
chèvre is recorded at frequency rank #8,214, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʃɛvʁ\. chèvres is at rank #13,540, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʃɛvʁ\.
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 21754, this pair ranks #361,583 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of chèvre vs chèvres
Shared letters: cehrvè. Private to "chèvre": -. Private to "chèvres": s.
"chèvre" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV · "chèvres" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
"chèvre" and "chèvres" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "chèvre" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "chèvres" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #361,583 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "chèvre" and "chèvres" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "chevreau vs chèvres". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #361,583 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.