Which to use
“étrier” and “étriers” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #37,137
- “étrier” frequency rank
- #45,971
- “étriers” frequency rank
- 83108
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | étrier | étriers |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Chacun des anneaux ovales, de fer ou d’autre métal, suspendus de chaque côté de la selle par une courroie appelée étrivière et qui servent à supporter le pied du cavalier. | Pluriel de étrier. |
Same sound, different letters: étrier vs étriers
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Homophone desk: étrier vs étriers
This is the hard kind. étrier and étriers are pronounced identically (\e.tʁi.je\) 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) - “étrier” sits inside “étriers”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 83108, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
étrier is recorded at frequency rank #37,137, classified as anoun, pronounced \e.tʁi.je\. étriers is at rank #45,971, tagged as anoun, pronounced \e.tʁi.je\.
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 83108, this pair ranks #15,437 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of étrier vs étriers
Shared letters: eirté. Private to "étrier": -. Private to "étriers": s.
"étrier" · 6 letters · shape VCCVVC · "étriers" · 7 letters · shape VCCVVCC
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "étrier" / "étriers". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "étrier" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "étriers" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #15,437 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "étrier" and "étriers" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "épier vs étrier". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #15,437 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.