Which to use
“développeur” and “développeurs” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,958
- “développeur” frequency rank
- #10,316
- “développeurs” frequency rank
- 22274
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | développeur | développeurs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Personne chargée des développements, de la programmation, dans un projet informatique. | Pluriel de développeur. |
Same sound, different letters: développeur vs développeurs
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 11 letters. développeur runs 11 letters (CVCVCVCCVVC) against développeurs's 12 (CVCVCVCCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: développeur vs développeurs
This is the hard kind. développeur and développeurs are pronounced identically (\dev.lɔ.pœʁ\) 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) - “développeur” sits inside “développeurs”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22274, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
développeur is recorded at frequency rank #11,958, classified as anoun, pronounced \dev.lɔ.pœʁ\. développeurs is at rank #10,316, tagged as anoun, pronounced \de.vlɔ.pœʁ\.
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 22274, this pair ranks #358,887 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of développeur vs développeurs
Shared letters: delopruvé. Private to "développeur": -. Private to "développeurs": s.
"développeur" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCVCCVVC · "développeurs" · 12 letters · shape CVCVCVCCVVCC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "développeur" and "développeurs" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "développeur" or "développeurs"?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "développeur" / "développeurs". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "développeur" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "développeurs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #358,887 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "développeur" and "développeurs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "développera vs développeur". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #358,887 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.