Which to use
“fièvre” and “fièvres” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,248
- “fièvre” frequency rank
- #37,336
- “fièvres” frequency rank
- 42584
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fièvre | fièvres |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | État d'un animal (y compris un être humain) dont la température corporelle dépasse sa valeur normale. | Pluriel de fièvre. |
Same sound, different letters: fièvre vs fièvres
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. fièvre runs 6 letters (CVVCCV) against fièvres's 7 (CVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - fièvre and fièvres
This is the hard kind. fièvre and fièvres are pronounced identically (\fjɛvʁ\) 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) - “fièvre” sits inside “fièvres”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42584, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fièvre is recorded at frequency rank #5,248, classified as anoun, pronounced \fjɛvʁ\. fièvres is at rank #37,336, tagged as anoun, pronounced \fjɛvʁ\.
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 42584, this pair ranks #224,501 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of fièvre vs fièvres
Shared letters: efirvè. Private to "fièvre": -. Private to "fièvres": s.
"fièvre" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV · "fièvres" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "fièvre" and "fièvres" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "fièvre" or "fièvres" show up more?
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 "fièvre" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fièvres" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #224,501 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fièvre" and "fièvres" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fières vs fièvres". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #224,501 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.