eunuquevseunuquesConfusable pair

Which to use

“eunuque” and “eunuques” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#38,789
“eunuque” frequency rank
#49,641
“eunuques” frequency rank
88430
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature eunuque eunuques
Definition Individu à qui l’on a enlevé les organes génitaux. Pluriel de eunuque.

Same sound, different letters: eunuque vs eunuques

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.

7 ch
eunuque
8 ch
eunuques

Same sound, different spelling - eunuque / eunuques

This is the hard kind. eunuque and eunuques are pronounced identically (\ø.nyk\) 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) - “eunuque” sits inside “eunuques”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 88430, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

eunuque is recorded at frequency rank #38,789, classified as anoun, pronounced \ø.nyk\. eunuques is at rank #49,641, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ø.nyk\.

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 88430, this pair ranks #7,000 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of eunuque vs eunuques

Shared letters: enqu. Private to "eunuque": -. Private to "eunuques": s.

"eunuque" · 7 letters · shape VVCVCVV  ·  "eunuques" · 8 letters · shape VVCVCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • eunuqueenuuque · eunnuque · eunquue · eunuqeu · eunuqque · eunuuqe · euunque · uenuque
  • eunuquesenuuques · eunnuques · eunquues · eunuqeus · eunuqques · eunuquess · eunuquse · eunuuqes

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "eunuque" for "eunuques" ever safe?
No. They are pronounced the same (\ø.nyk\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Frequency check: "eunuque" vs "eunuques" - which ranks higher?
"eunuque" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #38,789 in our French list, against #49,641 for "eunuques". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

"eunuque" and "eunuques" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.

  • Full dictionary entry for "eunuque" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "eunuques" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #7,000 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "eunuque" and "eunuques" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "éduqués vs eunuques". 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 #7,000 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list