Which to use
“container” and “containers” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #30,109
- “container” frequency rank
- #33,185
- “containers” frequency rank
- 63294
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | container | containers |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Conteneur. | Pluriel de container. |
Same sound, different letters: container vs containers
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters.
Homophone desk: container vs containers
This is the hard kind. container and containers are pronounced identically (\kɔ̃.tɛ.nɛʁ\) 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) - “container” sits inside “containers”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63294, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
container is recorded at frequency rank #30,109, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɔ̃.tɛ.nɛʁ\. containers is at rank #33,185, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɔ̃.tɛ.nɛʁ\.
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 63294, this pair ranks #82,706 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of container vs containers
Shared letters: aceinort. Private to "container": -. Private to "containers": s.
"container" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVCVC · "containers" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- container ← ccontainer · cnotainer · conatiner · conntainer · contaienr · containerr · containner · containre
- containers ← ccontainers · cnotainers · conatiners · conntainers · contaienrs · containerrs · containerss · containesr
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "container" and "containers" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "container" or "containers" show up more?
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 "container" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "containers" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #82,706 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "container" and "containers" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "confiner vs container". 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 #82,706 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.