Which to use
“fugitif” and “fugitifs” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #24,980
- “fugitif” frequency rank
- #25,328
- “fugitifs” frequency rank
- 50308
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fugitif | fugitifs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui s’enfuit ou qui s’est enfui. | Masculin pluriel de fugitif. |
Same sound, different letters: fugitif vs fugitifs
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. fugitif runs 7 letters (CVCVCVC) against fugitifs's 8 (CVCVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: fugitif vs fugitifs
This is the hard kind. fugitif and fugitifs are pronounced identically (\fy.ʒi.tif\) 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) - “fugitif” sits inside “fugitifs”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50308, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fugitif is recorded at frequency rank #24,980, classified as anadj, pronounced \fy.ʒi.tif\. fugitifs is at rank #25,328, tagged as anadj, pronounced \fy.ʒi.tif\.
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 50308, this pair ranks #163,690 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of fugitif vs fugitifs
Shared letters: fgitu. Private to "fugitif": -. Private to "fugitifs": s.
"fugitif" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "fugitifs" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "fugitif" and "fugitifs" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "fugitif" vs "fugitifs" - which ranks higher?
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 "fugitif" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fugitifs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #163,690 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fugitif" and "fugitifs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fugitifs vs furtifs". 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 #163,690 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.