Which to use
“déchirure” and “déchirures” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #21,919
- “déchirure” frequency rank
- #46,125
- “déchirures” frequency rank
- 68044
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | déchirure | déchirures |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Rupture faite en déchirant, en se déchirant. | Pluriel de déchirure. |
Same sound, different letters: déchirure vs déchirures
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. déchirure runs 9 letters (CVCCVCVCV) against déchirures's 10 (CVCCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: déchirure vs déchirures
This is the hard kind. déchirure and déchirures are pronounced identically (\de.ʃi.ʁyʁ\) 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) - “déchirure” sits inside “déchirures”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68044, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
déchirure is recorded at frequency rank #21,919, classified as anoun, pronounced \de.ʃi.ʁyʁ\. déchirures is at rank #46,125, tagged as anoun, pronounced \de.ʃi.ʁyʁ\.
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 68044, this pair ranks #60,840 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of déchirure vs déchirures
Shared letters: cdehirué. Private to "déchirure": -. Private to "déchirures": s.
"déchirure" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV · "déchirures" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
"déchirure" and "déchirures" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "déchirure" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "déchirures" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #60,840 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "déchirure" and "déchirures" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "déchirée vs déchirure". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #60,840 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.