Which to use
“couturière” and “couturiers” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #31,907
- “couturière” frequency rank
- #49,005
- “couturiers” frequency rank
- 80912
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | couturière | couturiers |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Celle qui invente des costumes, prêt-à-porter ou sur mesure. | Pluriel de couturier. |
Where the eye mixes couturière and couturiers
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. couturière (CVVCVCVVCV) and couturiers (CVVCVCVVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between couturière and couturiers
A purely visual mix-up. couturière (\ku.ty.ʁjɛʁ\) and couturiers (\ku.ty.ʁje\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 80912, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
couturière is recorded at frequency rank #31,907, classified as anoun, pronounced \ku.ty.ʁjɛʁ\. couturiers is at rank #49,005, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ku.ty.ʁje\.
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 80912, this pair ranks #19,864 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of couturière vs couturiers
Shared letters: ceiortu. Private to "couturière": è. Private to "couturiers": s.
"couturière" · 10 letters · shape CVVCVCVVCV · "couturiers" · 10 letters · shape CVVCVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- couturiers ← ccouturiers · cotuuriers · coutruiers · coutturiers · coutuirers · coutureirs · couturierrs · couturierss
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "couturière" and "couturiers" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "couturière" vs "couturiers" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "couturière" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "couturiers" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #19,864 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "couturière" and "couturiers" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "coutumiers vs couturiers". 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 #19,864 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.