Which to use
“foncier” and “fonciers” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,222
- “foncier” frequency rank
- #20,728
- “fonciers” frequency rank
- 31950
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | foncier | fonciers |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Relatif à une propriété immobilière. | Masculin pluriel de foncier. |
Same sound, different letters: foncier vs fonciers
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. foncier runs 7 letters (CVCCVVC) against fonciers's 8 (CVCCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - foncier / fonciers
This is the hard kind. foncier and fonciers are pronounced identically (\fɔ̃.sje\) and both work as anadjective. 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) - “foncier” sits inside “fonciers”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31950, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
foncier is recorded at frequency rank #11,222, classified as anadj, pronounced \fɔ̃.sje\. fonciers is at rank #20,728, tagged as anadj, pronounced \fɔ̃.sje\.
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 31950, this pair ranks #300,536 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of foncier vs fonciers
Shared letters: cefinor. Private to "foncier": -. Private to "fonciers": s.
"foncier" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "fonciers" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "foncier" and "fonciers" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "foncier" vs "fonciers" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "foncier" / "fonciers". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "foncier" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fonciers" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #300,536 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "foncier" and "fonciers" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Fincher vs foncier". 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 #300,536 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.