Which to use
“contribuable” and “contribuables” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,552
- “contribuable” frequency rank
- #9,628
- “contribuables” frequency rank
- 21180
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | contribuable | contribuables |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Celui, celle qui contribue aux charges publiques en payant des impôts et des taxes. | Pluriel de contribuable. |
Same sound, different letters: contribuable vs contribuables
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 12 letters.
Homophone desk: contribuable vs contribuables
This is the hard kind. contribuable and contribuables are pronounced identically (\kɔ̃.tʁi.by.abl\) 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) - “contribuable” sits inside “contribuables”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21180, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
contribuable is recorded at frequency rank #11,552, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɔ̃.tʁi.by.abl\. contribuables is at rank #9,628, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɔ̃.tʁi.by.abl\.
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 21180, this pair ranks #364,473 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of contribuable vs contribuables
Shared letters: abceilnortu. Private to "contribuable": -. Private to "contribuables": s.
"contribuable" · 12 letters · shape CVCCCVCVVCCV · "contribuables" · 13 letters · shape CVCCCVCVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- contribuable ← ccontribuable · cnotribuable · conntribuable · conrtibuable · contirbuable · contrbiuable · contribauble · contribbuable
- contribuables ← ccontribuables · cnotribuables · conntribuables · conrtibuables · contirbuables · contrbiuables · contribaubles · contribbuables
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
"contribuable" and "contribuables" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "contribuable" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "contribuables" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #364,473 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 #364,473 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.