Which to use
“fabuleuse” and “fabuleuses” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,016
- “fabuleuse” frequency rank
- #41,285
- “fabuleuses” frequency rank
- 60301
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fabuleuse | fabuleuses |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de fabuleux. | Féminin pluriel de fabuleux. |
Same sound, different letters: fabuleuse vs fabuleuses
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. fabuleuse runs 9 letters (CVCVCVVCV) against fabuleuses's 10 (CVCVCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - fabuleuse / fabuleuses
This is the hard kind. fabuleuse and fabuleuses are pronounced identically (\fa.by.løz\) 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) - “fabuleuse” sits inside “fabuleuses”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60301, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fabuleuse is recorded at frequency rank #19,016, classified as anadj, pronounced \fa.by.løz\. fabuleuses is at rank #41,285, tagged as anadj, pronounced \fa.by.løz\.
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 60301, this pair ranks #98,335 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of fabuleuse vs fabuleuses
Shared letters: abeflsu. Private to "fabuleuse": -. Private to "fabuleuses": -.
"fabuleuse" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVVCV · "fabuleuses" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- fabuleuse ← afbuleuse · fabbuleuse · fablueuse · fabueluse · fabulesue · fabuleues · fabuleusse · fabulleuse
- fabuleuses ← afbuleuses · fabbuleuses · fablueuses · fabueluses · fabulesues · fabuleuess · fabuleusess · fabuleusses
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "fabuleuse" for "fabuleuses" ever safe?
Frequency check: "fabuleuse" vs "fabuleuses" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "fabuleuse" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fabuleuses" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #98,335 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fabuleuse" and "fabuleuses" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fabuleuse vs fabuleux". 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 #98,335 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.