Which to use
“futur” and “futures” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,266
- “futur” frequency rank
- #6,618
- “futures” frequency rank
- 7884
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | futur | futures |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui concerne l’avenir ; qui se produira dans l’avenir. | Féminin pluriel de futur. |
Same sound, different letters: futur vs futures
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. futur runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against futures's 7 (CVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - futur / futures
This is the hard kind. futur and futures are pronounced identically (\fy.tyʁ\) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “futur” sits inside “futures”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 7884, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
futur is recorded at frequency rank #1,266, classified as anadj, pronounced \fy.tyʁ\. futures is at rank #6,618, tagged as anadj, pronounced \fy.tyʁ\.
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 7884, this pair ranks #421,832 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of futur vs futures
Shared letters: frtu. Private to "futur": -. Private to "futures": es.
"futur" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "futures" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "futur" and "futures" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "futur" or "futures"?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "futur" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "futures" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #421,832 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "futur" and "futures" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "flour vs futur". 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 #421,832 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.