Which to use
“fleur” and “fleurs” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,535
- “fleur” frequency rank
- #1,770
- “fleurs” frequency rank
- 5305
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fleur | fleurs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Organe reproducteur des angiospermes (ou « plantes à fleurs »), constitué des organes de la reproduction sexuée (étamines, carpelles) et de leurs enveloppes protectrices (sépales, pétales). | Pluriel de fleur. |
Same sound, different letters: fleur vs fleurs
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - fleur / fleurs
This is the hard kind. fleur and fleurs are pronounced identically (\flœʁ\) 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) - “fleur” sits inside “fleurs”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 5305, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fleur is recorded at frequency rank #3,535, classified as anoun, pronounced \flœʁ\. fleurs is at rank #1,770, tagged as anoun, pronounced \flœʁ\.
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 5305, this pair ranks #429,391 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of fleur vs fleurs
Shared letters: eflru. Private to "fleur": -. Private to "fleurs": s.
"fleur" · 5 letters · shape CCVVC · "fleurs" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "fleur" and "fleurs" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "fleur" vs "fleurs" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
"fleur" and "fleurs" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "fleur" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fleurs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #429,391 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fleur" and "fleurs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fleur vs flour". 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 #429,391 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.