Which to use
“denier” and “deniers” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #34,056
- “denier” frequency rank
- #17,109
- “deniers” frequency rank
- 51165
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | denier | deniers |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Monnaie romaine d’argent qui, jusqu’à l’an 536 de Rome, valait dix as et plus tard seize. | Pluriel de denier. |
Same sound, different letters: denier vs deniers
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. denier runs 6 letters (CVCVVC) against deniers's 7 (CVCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - denier / deniers
This is the hard kind. denier and deniers are pronounced identically (\də.nje\) 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) - “denier” sits inside “deniers”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51165, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
denier is recorded at frequency rank #34,056, classified as anoun, pronounced \də.nje\. deniers is at rank #17,109, tagged as anoun, pronounced \də.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 51165, this pair ranks #157,080 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of denier vs deniers
Shared letters: deinr. Private to "denier": -. Private to "deniers": s.
"denier" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "deniers" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "denier" for "deniers" ever safe?
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After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "denier" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "deniers" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #157,080 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "denier" and "deniers" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "denier vs denim". 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 #157,080 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.