Which to use
“frustre” and “frustrés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #44,469
- “frustre” frequency rank
- #24,979
- “frustrés” frequency rank
- 69448
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | frustre | frustrés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Variante de fruste. | Masculin pluriel de frustré. |
Where the eye mixes frustre and frustrés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. frustre runs 7 letters (CCVCCCV) against frustrés's 8 (CCVCCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between frustre and frustrés
A purely visual mix-up. frustre (\fʁystʁ\) and frustrés (\fʁys.tʁe\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69448, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
frustre is recorded at frequency rank #44,469, classified as anadj, pronounced \fʁystʁ\. frustrés is at rank #24,979, tagged as anadj, pronounced \fʁys.tʁe\.
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 69448, this pair ranks #55,062 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of frustre vs frustrés
Shared letters: frstu. Private to "frustre": e. Private to "frustrés": é.
"frustre" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCCV · "frustrés" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- frustre ← ffrustre · frrustre · frsutre · frusrte · frusstre · fruster · frustrre · frusttre
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "frustre" and "frustrés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "frustre" or "frustrés" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "frustre" and "frustrés" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "frustre" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "frustrés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #55,062 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "frustre" and "frustrés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "frustre vs frustrer". 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 #55,062 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.