Which to use
“docteur” and “docteurs” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,624
- “docteur” frequency rank
- #10,309
- “docteurs” frequency rank
- 11933
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | docteur | docteurs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Personne promue dans une université au grade le plus élevé de quelque faculté. | Pluriel de docteur. |
Same sound, different letters: docteur vs docteurs
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.
Homophone desk: docteur vs docteurs
This is the hard kind. docteur and docteurs are pronounced identically (\dɔk.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) - “docteur” sits inside “docteurs”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11933, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
docteur is recorded at frequency rank #1,624, classified as anoun, pronounced \dɔk.tœʁ\. docteurs is at rank #10,309, tagged as anoun, pronounced \dɔk.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 11933, this pair ranks #407,210 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of docteur vs docteurs
Shared letters: cdeortu. Private to "docteur": -. Private to "docteurs": s.
"docteur" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "docteurs" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "docteur" and "docteurs" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "docteur" vs "docteurs" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "docteur" / "docteurs". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "docteur" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "docteurs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #407,210 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "docteur" and "docteurs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "docteurs vs Drs". 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 #407,210 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.