Which to use
“curiosité” and “curiosités” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,660
- “curiosité” frequency rank
- #21,902
- “curiosités” frequency rank
- 26562
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | curiosité | curiosités |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Passion, désir, empressement de voir, d’apprendre des choses nouvelles, intéressantes, rares, etc. | Pluriel de curiosité. |
Where the spellings diverge
Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set curiosité and curiosités apart are highlighted. They share 9 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
This is the hard kind. curiosité and curiosités are pronounced identically (\ky.ʁjɔ.zi.te\) 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) - “curiosité” sits inside “curiosités”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26562, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
curiosité is recorded at frequency rank #4,660, classified as anoun, pronounced \ky.ʁjɔ.zi.te\. curiosités is at rank #21,902, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ky.ʁjɔ.zi.te\.
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 26562, this pair ranks #334,245 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of curiosité vs curiosités
Shared letters: ciorstué. Private to "curiosité": -. Private to "curiosités": -.
"curiosité" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVCVCV · "curiosités" · 10 letters · shape CVCVVCVCVC
Frequency comparison
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "curiosité" and "curiosités" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "curiosité" or "curiosités"?
Remembering curiosité vs curiosités
The fastest way to pick the right one every time.
- Read both glosses above and match the meaning you intend, only context separates this pair.
- See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “curiosité” entry
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