Which to use
“contrôleur” and “contrôleurs” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,629
- “contrôleur” frequency rank
- #13,554
- “contrôleurs” frequency rank
- 23183
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | contrôleur | contrôleurs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Celui qui est chargé de contrôler. | Pluriel de contrôleur. |
Same sound, different letters: contrôleur vs contrôleurs
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters. contrôleur runs 10 letters (CVCCCVCVVC) against contrôleurs's 11 (CVCCCVCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: contrôleur vs contrôleurs
This is the hard kind. contrôleur and contrôleurs are pronounced identically (\kɔ̃.tʁo.lœʁ\) 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) - “contrôleur” sits inside “contrôleurs”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23183, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
contrôleur is recorded at frequency rank #9,629, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɔ̃.tʁo.lœʁ\. contrôleurs is at rank #13,554, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɔ̃.tʁo.lœʁ\.
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 23183, this pair ranks #353,898 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of contrôleur vs contrôleurs
Shared letters: celnortuô. Private to "contrôleur": -. Private to "contrôleurs": s.
"contrôleur" · 10 letters · shape CVCCCVCVVC · "contrôleurs" · 11 letters · shape CVCCCVCVVCC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "contrôleur" for "contrôleurs" ever safe?
Which is more common, "contrôleur" or "contrôleurs"?
Useful next steps
"contrôleur" and "contrôleurs" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "contrôleur" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "contrôleurs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #353,898 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "contrôleur" and "contrôleurs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "contrôleur vs controller". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #353,898 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.