Which to use
“fameuse” and “fameuses” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,346
- “fameuse” frequency rank
- #14,934
- “fameuses” frequency rank
- 20280
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fameuse | fameuses |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de fameux. | Féminin pluriel de fameux. |
Same sound, different letters: fameuse vs fameuses
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. fameuse runs 7 letters (CVCVVCV) against fameuses's 8 (CVCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: fameuse vs fameuses
This is the hard kind. fameuse and fameuses are pronounced identically (\fa.møz\) 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) - “fameuse” sits inside “fameuses”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20280, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fameuse is recorded at frequency rank #5,346, classified as anadj, pronounced \fa.møz\. fameuses is at rank #14,934, tagged as anadj, pronounced \fa.møz\.
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 20280, this pair ranks #369,088 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of fameuse vs fameuses
Shared letters: aefmsu. Private to "fameuse": -. Private to "fameuses": -.
"fameuse" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCV · "fameuses" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "fameuse" and "fameuses" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "fameuse" or "fameuses"?
After this comparison
"fameuse" and "fameuses" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "fameuse" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fameuses" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #369,088 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fameuse" and "fameuses" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fameuses vs fumeuse". 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 #369,088 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.