Which to use
“douanière” is a noun and “douanières” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #27,039
- “douanière” frequency rank
- #29,316
- “douanières” frequency rank
- 56355
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | douanière | douanières |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Métier de celles chargés par un pays de contrôler ce qui passe (surtout ce qui entre) par sa frontière donc en réprimant les contrebandiers. | Féminin pluriel de douanier. |
Same sound, different letters: douanière vs douanières
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. douanière runs 9 letters (CVVVCVVCV) against douanières's 10 (CVVVCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: douanière vs douanières
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: douanière and douanières carry the same recorded pronunciation, \dwa.njɛʁ\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “douanière” sits inside “douanières”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56355, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
douanière is recorded at frequency rank #27,039, classified as anoun, pronounced \dwa.njɛʁ\. douanières is at rank #29,316, tagged as anadj, pronounced \dwa.njɛʁ\.
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 56355, this pair ranks #121,605 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of douanière vs douanières
Shared letters: adeinoruè. Private to "douanière": -. Private to "douanières": s.
"douanière" · 9 letters · shape CVVVCVVCV · "douanières" · 10 letters · shape CVVVCVVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "douanière" and "douanières" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "douanière" or "douanières"?
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 "douanière" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "douanières" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #121,605 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "douanière" and "douanières" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "douairière vs douanière". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #121,605 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.