Which to use
“coiffure” and “coiffures” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,668
- “coiffure” frequency rank
- #27,009
- “coiffures” frequency rank
- 34677
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | coiffure | coiffures |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Manière dont on arrange les cheveux selon le pays et la mode. | Pluriel de coiffure. |
Same sound, different letters: coiffure vs coiffures
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - coiffure and coiffures
This is the hard kind. coiffure and coiffures are pronounced identically (\kwa.fyʁ\) 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) - “coiffure” sits inside “coiffures”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34677, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
coiffure is recorded at frequency rank #7,668, classified as anoun, pronounced \kwa.fyʁ\. coiffures is at rank #27,009, 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 34677, this pair ranks #282,161 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of coiffure vs coiffures
Shared letters: cefioru. Private to "coiffure": -. Private to "coiffures": s.
"coiffure" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVCV · "coiffures" · 9 letters · shape CVVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "coiffure" / "coiffures". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "coiffure" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "coiffures" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #282,161 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "coiffure" and "coiffures" 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 #282,161 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.