Which to use
“cuisinier” is a noun and “cuisiniers” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #11,559
- “cuisinier” frequency rank
- #24,170
- “cuisiniers” frequency rank
- 35729
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cuisinier | cuisiniers |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Celui qui prépare, qui cuit la nourriture. | Pluriel de cuisinier. |
Same sound, different letters: cuisinier vs cuisiniers
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. cuisinier runs 9 letters (CVVCVCVVC) against cuisiniers's 10 (CVVCVCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: cuisinier vs cuisiniers
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: cuisinier and cuisiniers carry the same recorded pronunciation, \kɥi.zi.nje\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “cuisinier” sits inside “cuisiniers”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35729, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cuisinier is recorded at frequency rank #11,559, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɥi.zi.nje\. cuisiniers is at rank #24,170, tagged as anadj, pronounced \kɥi.zi.nje\.
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 35729, this pair ranks #274,653 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cuisinier vs cuisiniers
Shared letters: ceinrsu. Private to "cuisinier": -. Private to "cuisiniers": -.
"cuisinier" · 9 letters · shape CVVCVCVVC · "cuisiniers" · 10 letters · shape CVVCVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- cuisinier ← ccuisinier · ciusinier · cuiisnier · cuisiiner · cuisineir · cuisinierr · cuisinire · cuisinnier
- cuisiniers ← ccuisiniers · ciusiniers · cuiisniers · cuisiiners · cuisineirs · cuisinierrs · cuisinierss · cuisiniesr
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "cuisinier" for "cuisiniers" ever safe?
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Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "cuisinier" / "cuisiniers". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "cuisinier" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cuisiniers" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #274,653 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cuisinier" and "cuisiniers" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cuisinière vs cuisiniers". 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 #274,653 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.