Which to use
“endroit” and “endroits” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #962
- “endroit” frequency rank
- #2,517
- “endroits” frequency rank
- 3479
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | endroit | endroits |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Partie déterminée d’un espace. | Pluriel de endroit. |
Same sound, different letters: endroit vs endroits
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.
Homophone desk: endroit vs endroits
This is the hard kind. endroit and endroits are pronounced identically (\ɑ̃.dʁwa\) 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) - “endroit” sits inside “endroits”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 3479, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
endroit is recorded at frequency rank #962, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɑ̃.dʁwa\. endroits is at rank #2,517, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɑ̃.dʁwa\.
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 3479, this pair ranks #433,926 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of endroit vs endroits
Shared letters: deinort. Private to "endroit": -. Private to "endroits": s.
"endroit" · 7 letters · shape VCCCVVC · "endroits" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "endroit" and "endroits" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "endroit" vs "endroits" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "endroit" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "endroits" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #433,926 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "endroit" and "endroits" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "endroits vs enduits". 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 #433,926 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.