Which to use
“familière” and “familiers” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,445
- “familière” frequency rank
- #19,286
- “familiers” frequency rank
- 39731
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | familière | familiers |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de familier. | Masculin pluriel de familier. |
Where the eye mixes familière and familiers
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. familière (CVCVCVVCV) and familiers (CVCVCVVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: familière vs familiers
A purely visual mix-up. familière (\fa.mi.ljɛʁ\) and familiers (\fa.mi.lje\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39731, 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\. familiers is at rank #19,286, tagged as anadj, pronounced \fa.mi.lje\.
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 39731, this pair ranks #245,805 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of familière vs familiers
Shared letters: aefilmr. Private to "familière": è. Private to "familiers": s.
"familière" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVVCV · "familiers" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- familiers ← afmiliers · faimliers · famiilers · famileirs · familierrs · familierss · familiesr · familires
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "familière" and "familiers" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "familière" vs "familiers" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "familière" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "familiers" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #245,805 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "familière" and "familiers" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "familiers vs fusiliers". 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 #245,805 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.