Which to use
“cure” and “cures” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,048
- “cure” frequency rank
- #30,120
- “cures” frequency rank
- 37168
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cure | cures |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Soin, souci. — En ce sens, il est surtout usité dans l’expression : n’avoir cure. | Pluriel de cure. |
Same sound, different letters: cure vs cures
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - cure / cures
This is the hard kind. cure and cures are pronounced identically (\kyʁ\) 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) - “cure” sits inside “cures”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37168, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cure is recorded at frequency rank #7,048, classified as anoun, pronounced \kyʁ\. cures is at rank #30,120, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kyʁ\.
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 37168, this pair ranks #264,404 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cure vs cures
Shared letters: ceru. Private to "cure": -. Private to "cures": s.
"cure" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "cures" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cure" and "cures" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "cure" vs "cures" - which ranks higher?
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 "cure" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cures" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #264,404 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cure" and "cures" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "courges vs cures". 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 #264,404 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.