Which to use
“concombre” and “concombres” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #23,808
- “concombre” frequency rank
- #35,869
- “concombres” frequency rank
- 59677
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | concombre | concombres |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Plante potagère de la famille des cucurbitacées qui produit des fruits allongés. | Pluriel de concombre. |
Same sound, different letters: concombre vs concombres
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. concombre runs 9 letters (CVCCVCCCV) against concombres's 10 (CVCCVCCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - concombre / concombres
This is the hard kind. concombre and concombres are pronounced identically (\kɔ̃.kɔ̃bʁ\) 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) - “concombre” sits inside “concombres”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59677, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
concombre is recorded at frequency rank #23,808, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɔ̃.kɔ̃bʁ\. concombres is at rank #35,869, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɔ̃.kɔ̃bʁ\.
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 59677, this pair ranks #101,784 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of concombre vs concombres
Shared letters: bcemnor. Private to "concombre": -. Private to "concombres": s.
"concombre" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCCV · "concombres" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- concombre ← cconcombre · cnocombre · cocnombre · conccombre · concmobre · concobmre · concombbre · concomber
- concombres ← cconcombres · cnocombres · cocnombres · conccombres · concmobres · concobmres · concombbres · concombers
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "concombre" and "concombres" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "concombre" or "concombres"?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "concombre" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "concombres" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #101,784 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- 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 #101,784 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.