Which to use
“diarrhée” and “diarrhées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,854
- “diarrhée” frequency rank
- #36,352
- “diarrhées” frequency rank
- 53206
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | diarrhée | diarrhées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Maladie caractérisée par des évacuations de selles, liquides et fréquentes, et qui est ordinairement due à l’inflammation de l’intestin. | Pluriel de diarrhée. |
Same sound, different letters: diarrhée vs diarrhées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. diarrhée runs 8 letters (CVVCCCVV) against diarrhées's 9 (CVVCCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - diarrhée and diarrhées
This is the hard kind. diarrhée and diarrhées are pronounced identically (\dja.ʁe\) 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) - “diarrhée” sits inside “diarrhées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53206, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
diarrhée is recorded at frequency rank #16,854, classified as anoun, pronounced \dja.ʁe\. diarrhées is at rank #36,352, tagged as anoun, pronounced \dja.ʁe\.
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 53206, this pair ranks #142,367 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of diarrhée vs diarrhées
Shared letters: adehiré. Private to "diarrhée": -. Private to "diarrhées": s.
"diarrhée" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCCVV · "diarrhées" · 9 letters · shape CVVCCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "diarrhée" and "diarrhées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "diarrhée" vs "diarrhées" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "diarrhée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "diarrhées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #142,367 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
Confusion rank #142,367 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.