fraudervsfraudeursTell them apart

Quick tell: frauder is a verb, fraudeurs is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“frauder” is a verb and “fraudeurs” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#36,405
“frauder” frequency rank
#22,276
“fraudeurs” frequency rank
58681
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature frauder fraudeurs
Definition Tromper en usant d’une fraude. Pluriel de fraudeur.

Where the eye mixes frauder and fraudeurs

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. frauder runs 7 letters (CCVVCVC) against fraudeurs's 9 (CCVVCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
frauder
9 ch
fraudeurs

Visual trap between frauder and fraudeurs

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: frauder is \fʁo.de\ while fraudeurs is \fʁo.dœʁ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58681, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

frauder is recorded at frequency rank #36,405, classified as averb, pronounced \fʁo.de\. fraudeurs is at rank #22,276, tagged as anoun, pronounced \fʁo.dœʁ\.

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 58681, this pair ranks #107,574 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of frauder vs fraudeurs

Shared letters: adefru. Private to "frauder": -. Private to "fraudeurs": s.

"frauder" · 7 letters · shape CCVVCVC  ·  "fraudeurs" · 9 letters · shape CCVVCVVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • frauderfaruder · ffrauder · fraduer · fraudder · frauderr · fraudre · frauedr · frrauder
  • fraudeursfarudeurs · ffraudeurs · fradueurs · frauddeurs · frauderus · fraudeurrs · fraudeurss · fraudeusr

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "frauder" for "fraudeurs" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "frauder" is a verb and "fraudeurs" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "frauder" or "fraudeurs" show up more?
"fraudeurs" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #22,276 in our French list, against #36,405 for "frauder". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "frauder" and "fraudeurs" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "frauder" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "fraudeurs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #107,574 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "frauder" and "fraudeurs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "frauder vs fraudeur". 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 #107,574 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