Which to use
“coiffeur” and “coiffeurs” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,370
- “coiffeur” frequency rank
- #28,885
- “coiffeurs” frequency rank
- 40255
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | coiffeur | coiffeurs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Personne dont le métier est de couper et coiffer les cheveux, et éventuellement la barbe. | Pluriel de coiffeur. |
Same sound, different letters: coiffeur vs coiffeurs
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. coiffeur runs 8 letters (CVVCCVVC) against coiffeurs's 9 (CVVCCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - coiffeur and coiffeurs
This is the hard kind. coiffeur and coiffeurs are pronounced identically (\kwa.fœʁ\) 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) - “coiffeur” sits inside “coiffeurs”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40255, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
coiffeur is recorded at frequency rank #11,370, classified as anoun, pronounced \kwa.fœʁ\. coiffeurs is at rank #28,885, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kwa.fœʁ\.
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 40255, this pair ranks #241,852 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of coiffeur vs coiffeurs
Shared letters: cefioru. Private to "coiffeur": -. Private to "coiffeurs": s.
"coiffeur" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVVC · "coiffeurs" · 9 letters · shape CVVCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "coiffeur" and "coiffeurs" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "coiffeur" or "coiffeurs"?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "coiffeur" / "coiffeurs". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "coiffeur" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "coiffeurs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #241,852 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "coiffeur" and "coiffeurs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "coiffeurs vs coiffures". 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 #241,852 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.