Which to use
“dessinateur” and “dessinateurs” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,752
- “dessinateur” frequency rank
- #23,167
- “dessinateurs” frequency rank
- 34919
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dessinateur | dessinateurs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Celui dont la profession est de dessiner toute sorte de dessins : plan, BD, … | Pluriel de dessinateur. |
Same sound, different letters: dessinateur vs dessinateurs
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 11 letters. dessinateur runs 11 letters (CVCCVCVCVVC) against dessinateurs's 12 (CVCCVCVCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - dessinateur and dessinateurs
This is the hard kind. dessinateur and dessinateurs are pronounced identically (\dɛ.si.na.tœʁ\) 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) - “dessinateur” sits inside “dessinateurs”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34919, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dessinateur is recorded at frequency rank #11,752, classified as anoun, pronounced \dɛ.si.na.tœʁ\. dessinateurs is at rank #23,167, tagged as anoun, pronounced \dɛ.si.na.tœʁ\.
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 34919, this pair ranks #280,453 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of dessinateur vs dessinateurs
Shared letters: adeinrstu. Private to "dessinateur": -. Private to "dessinateurs": -.
"dessinateur" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVVC · "dessinateurs" · 12 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- dessinateur ← ddessinateur · desinateur · desisnateur · dessianteur · dessinaetur · dessinateru · dessinateurr · dessinatteur
- dessinateurs ← ddessinateurs · desinateurs · desisnateurs · dessianteurs · dessinaeturs · dessinaterus · dessinateurrs · dessinateurss
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "dessinateur" for "dessinateurs" 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 "dessinateur" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dessinateurs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #280,453 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- 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 #280,453 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.