Which to use
“favorite” and “favorites” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,408
- “favorite” frequency rank
- #20,446
- “favorites” frequency rank
- 31854
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | favorite | favorites |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Celle qui est l’objet d’une préférence marquée. | Pluriel de favorite. |
Same sound, different letters: favorite vs favorites
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. favorite runs 8 letters (CVCVCVCV) against favorites's 9 (CVCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - favorite / favorites
This is the hard kind. favorite and favorites are pronounced identically (\fa.vɔ.ʁit\) and both work as anoun. 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) - “favorite” sits inside “favorites”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31854, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
favorite is recorded at frequency rank #11,408, classified as anoun, pronounced \fa.vɔ.ʁit\. favorites is at rank #20,446, tagged as anoun, pronounced \fa.vɔ.ʁit\.
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 31854, this pair ranks #301,126 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of favorite vs favorites
Shared letters: aefiortv. Private to "favorite": -. Private to "favorites": s.
"favorite" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV · "favorites" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "favorite" and "favorites" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "favorite" or "favorites" show up more?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "favorite" / "favorites". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "favorite" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "favorites" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #301,126 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "favorite" and "favorites" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "favorisées vs favorites". 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 #301,126 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.