Which to use
“construit” and “construits” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,311
- “construit” frequency rank
- #8,978
- “construits” frequency rank
- 11289
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | construit | construits |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Résultat d'une construction, par opposition à un phénomène naturel ou éternel. | Pluriel de construit. |
Same sound, different letters: construit vs construits
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters.
Homophone desk: construit vs construits
This is the hard kind. construit and construits are pronounced identically (\kɔ̃s.tʁɥi\) 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) - “construit” sits inside “construits”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11289, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
construit is recorded at frequency rank #2,311, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɔ̃s.tʁɥi\. construits is at rank #8,978, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɔ̃s.tʁɥi\.
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 11289, this pair ranks #409,706 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of construit vs construits
Shared letters: cinorstu. Private to "construit": -. Private to "construits": -.
"construit" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCCVVC · "construits" · 10 letters · shape CVCCCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- construit ← cconstruit · cnostruit · connstruit · consrtuit · consstruit · constriut · constrruit · construitt
- construits ← cconstruits · cnostruits · connstruits · consrtuits · consstruits · constriuts · constrruits · construist
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "construit" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "construits" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #409,706 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "construit" and "construits" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "construira vs construits". 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 #409,706 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.