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.
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
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "eunuque" for "eunuques" ever safe?
Frequency check: "eunuque" vs "eunuques" - which ranks higher?
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.