Which to use
“familière” and “familières” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,445
- “familière” frequency rank
- #38,290
- “familières” frequency rank
- 58735
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | familière | familières |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de familier. | Féminin pluriel de familier. |
Same sound, different letters: familière vs familières
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. familière runs 9 letters (CVCVCVVCV) against familières's 10 (CVCVCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - familière / familières
This is the hard kind. familière and familières are pronounced identically (\fa.mi.ljɛʁ\) 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) - “familière” sits inside “familières”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58735, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
familière is recorded at frequency rank #20,445, classified as anadj, pronounced \fa.mi.ljɛʁ\. familières is at rank #38,290, tagged as anadj, pronounced \fa.mi.ljɛʁ\.
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 58735, this pair ranks #107,246 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of familière vs familières
Shared letters: aefilmrè. Private to "familière": -. Private to "familières": s.
"familière" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVVCV · "familières" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "familière" and "familières" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "familière" or "familières"?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "familière" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "familières" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #107,246 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "familière" and "familières" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "familières vs familiers". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #107,246 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.