Which to use
“coiffeur” and “coiffure” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,370
- “coiffeur” frequency rank
- #7,668
- “coiffure” frequency rank
- 19038
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | coiffeur | coiffure |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Personne dont le métier est de couper et coiffer les cheveux, et éventuellement la barbe. | Manière dont on arrange les cheveux selon le pays et la mode. |
Where the eye mixes coiffeur and coiffure
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: coiffeur vs coiffure
A purely visual mix-up. coiffeur (\kwa.fœʁ\) and coiffure (\kwa.fyʁ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they are an anagram pair: the same letters reordered. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19038, 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\. coiffure is at rank #7,668, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kwa.fyʁ\.
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 19038, this pair ranks #375,340 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of coiffeur vs coiffure
Shared letters: cefioru. Private to "coiffeur": -. Private to "coiffure": -.
"coiffeur" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVVC · "coiffure" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "coiffeur" and "coiffure" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "coiffeur" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "coiffure" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #375,340 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "coiffeur" and "coiffure" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "coiffeur vs coiffeurs". 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 #375,340 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.