Which to use
“direct” and “directs” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,256
- “direct” frequency rank
- #8,228
- “directs” frequency rank
- 9484
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | direct | directs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est droit, qui ne fait aucun détour. | Masculin pluriel de direct. |
Same sound, different letters: direct vs directs
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Homophone desk: direct vs directs
This is the hard kind. direct and directs are pronounced identically (\di.ʁɛkt\) and both work as anadjective. 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) - “direct” sits inside “directs”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9484, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
direct is recorded at frequency rank #1,256, classified as anadj, pronounced \di.ʁɛkt\. directs is at rank #8,228, tagged as anadj, pronounced \di.ʁɛkt\.
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 9484, this pair ranks #416,483 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of direct vs directs
Shared letters: cdeirt. Private to "direct": -. Private to "directs": s.
"direct" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC · "directs" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "direct" and "directs" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "direct" or "directs"?
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 "direct" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "directs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #416,483 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "direct" and "directs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "digest vs direct". 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 #416,483 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.