Which to use
“filtre” and “filtres” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,298
- “filtre” frequency rank
- #12,571
- “filtres” frequency rank
- 18869
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | filtre | filtres |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Corps poreux (feutre, papier, charbon, etc.) au travers duquel on fait passer une substance liquide, gazeuse ou corpusculaire (la lumière, le courant électrique), pour la clarifier, l’épurer ou en séparer certains éléments. | Pluriel de filtre. |
Same sound, different letters: filtre vs filtres
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. filtre runs 6 letters (CVCCCV) against filtres's 7 (CVCCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - filtre / filtres
This is the hard kind. filtre and filtres are pronounced identically (\filtʁ\) 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) - “filtre” sits inside “filtres”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18869, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
filtre is recorded at frequency rank #6,298, classified as anoun, pronounced \filtʁ\. filtres is at rank #12,571, tagged as anoun, pronounced \filtʁ\.
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 18869, this pair ranks #376,176 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of filtre vs filtres
Shared letters: efilrt. Private to "filtre": -. Private to "filtres": s.
"filtre" · 6 letters · shape CVCCCV · "filtres" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "filtre" and "filtres" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "filtre" vs "filtres" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "filtre" / "filtres". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "filtre" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "filtres" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #376,176 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "filtre" and "filtres" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "filatures vs filtres". 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 #376,176 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.