fleuriesvsFleuryWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: fleuries is a noun, Fleury is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“fleuries” is a noun and “Fleury” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#40,767
“fleuries” frequency rank
#11,411
“Fleury” frequency rank
52178
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature fleuries Fleury
Definition Pluriel de fleurie. Commune française, située dans le département de l’Aisne.

Same sound, different letters: fleuries vs Fleury

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters.

8 ch
fleuries
6 ch
Fleury

Ear matches; page differs - fleuries and Fleury

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: fleuries and Fleury carry the same recorded pronunciation, \flœ.ʁi\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other aname, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52178, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

fleuries is recorded at frequency rank #40,767, classified as anoun, pronounced \flœ.ʁi\. Fleury is at rank #11,411, tagged as aname, pronounced \flœ.ʁi\.

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 52178, this pair ranks #149,549 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of fleuries vs Fleury

Shared letters: eflru. Private to "fleuries": is. Private to "Fleury": y.

"fleuries" · 8 letters · shape CCVVCVVC  ·  "Fleury" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • fleuriesfeluries · ffleuries · fleruies · fleuires · fleureis · fleuriess · fleurise · fleurries
  • Fleuryfelury · ffleury · fleruy · fleurry · fleuryy · fleuyr · flleury · fluery

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "fleuries" and "Fleury" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "fleuries" is a noun and "Fleury" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "fleuries" vs "Fleury" - which ranks higher?
"Fleury" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,411 in our French list, against #40,767 for "fleuries". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.

  • Full dictionary entry for "fleuries" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Fleury" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #149,549 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "fleuries" and "Fleury" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fleuries vs Fleurus". 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 #149,549 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list