Which to use
“designers” and “designs” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,416
- “designers” frequency rank
- #41,219
- “designs” frequency rank
- 61635
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | designers | designs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de designer. | Pluriel de design. |
Where the eye mixes designers and designs
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. designers runs 9 letters (CVCVCCVCC) against designs's 7 (CVCVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses designers with designs
A purely visual mix-up. designers (\di.zaj.nœʁ\) and designs (\di.zajn\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61635, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
designers is recorded at frequency rank #20,416, classified as anoun, pronounced \di.zaj.nœʁ\. designs is at rank #41,219, tagged as anoun, pronounced \di.zajn\.
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 61635, this pair ranks #91,240 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of designers vs designs
Shared letters: degins. Private to "designers": r. Private to "designs": -.
"designers" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCC · "designs" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "designers" for "designs" ever safe?
Frequency check: "designers" vs "designs" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "designers" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "designs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #91,240 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "designers" and "designs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "désigna vs designs". 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 #91,240 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.