Which to use
“extraordinaire” and “extraordinaires” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,256
- “extraordinaire” frequency rank
- #10,322
- “extraordinaires” frequency rank
- 13578
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | extraordinaire | extraordinaires |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui n’est pas selon l’usage ordinaire, selon l’ordre commun, qui est au-dessus de l’ordinaire. | Pluriel de extraordinaire. |
Same sound, different letters: extraordinaire vs extraordinaires
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 14 letters. extraordinaire runs 14 letters (VCCCVVCCVCVVCV) against extraordinaires's 15 (VCCCVVCCVCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - extraordinaire and extraordinaires
This is the hard kind. extraordinaire and extraordinaires are pronounced identically (\ɛk.stʁa.ɔʁ.di.nɛʁ\) and both work as anadjective. 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) - “extraordinaire” sits inside “extraordinaires”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13578, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
extraordinaire is recorded at frequency rank #3,256, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɛk.stʁa.ɔʁ.di.nɛʁ\. extraordinaires is at rank #10,322, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɛk.stʁa.ɔʁ.di.nɛʁ\.
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 13578, this pair ranks #400,415 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of extraordinaire vs extraordinaires
Shared letters: adeinortx. Private to "extraordinaire": -. Private to "extraordinaires": s.
"extraordinaire" · 14 letters · shape VCCCVVCCVCVVCV · "extraordinaires" · 15 letters · shape VCCCVVCCVCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- extraordinaire ← etxraordinaire · exrtaordinaire · extarordinaire · extraodrinaire · extraorddinaire · extraordianire · extraordinaier · extraordinairre
- extraordinaires ← etxraordinaires · exrtaordinaires · extarordinaires · extraodrinaires · extraorddinaires · extraordianires · extraordinaiers · extraordinairess
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "extraordinaire" and "extraordinaires" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "extraordinaire" or "extraordinaires"?
What to do next
"extraordinaire" and "extraordinaires" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "extraordinaire" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "extraordinaires" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #400,415 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- 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 #400,415 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.