Which to use
“dictionnaire” and “dictionnaires” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,564
- “dictionnaire” frequency rank
- #17,922
- “dictionnaires” frequency rank
- 22486
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dictionnaire | dictionnaires |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Ouvrage de référence qui répertorie des mots dans un ordre convenu (alphabétique en général) fournissant pour chacun d’eux différentes informations concernant son sens ou son emploi. | Pluriel de dictionnaire. |
Same sound, different letters: dictionnaire vs dictionnaires
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 12 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - dictionnaire / dictionnaires
This is the hard kind. dictionnaire and dictionnaires are pronounced identically (\dik.sjɔ.nɛʁ\) 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) - “dictionnaire” sits inside “dictionnaires”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22486, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dictionnaire is recorded at frequency rank #4,564, classified as anoun, pronounced \dik.sjɔ.nɛʁ\. dictionnaires is at rank #17,922, tagged as anoun, pronounced \dik.sjɔ.nɛʁ\.
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 22486, this pair ranks #357,722 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of dictionnaire vs dictionnaires
Shared letters: acdeinort. Private to "dictionnaire": -. Private to "dictionnaires": s.
"dictionnaire" · 12 letters · shape CVCCVVCCVVCV · "dictionnaires" · 13 letters · shape CVCCVVCCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- dictionnaire ← dcitionnaire · ddictionnaire · dicctionnaire · dicitonnaire · dictinonaire · dictionaire · dictionanire · dictionnaier
- dictionnaires ← dcitionnaires · ddictionnaires · dicctionnaires · dicitonnaires · dictinonaires · dictionaires · dictionanires · dictionnaiers
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "dictionnaire" and "dictionnaires" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "dictionnaire" or "dictionnaires"?
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 "dictionnaire" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dictionnaires" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #357,722 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 #357,722 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.