Which to use
“futur” and “futurs” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,266
- “futur” frequency rank
- #4,761
- “futurs” frequency rank
- 6027
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | futur | futurs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui concerne l’avenir ; qui se produira dans l’avenir. | Masculin pluriel de futur. |
Same sound, different letters: futur vs futurs
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. futur runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against futurs's 6 (CVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: futur vs futurs
This is the hard kind. futur and futurs 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 1 extra letter(s) - “futur” sits inside “futurs”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 6027, 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\. futurs is at rank #4,761, 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 6027, this pair ranks #427,380 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of futur vs futurs
Shared letters: frtu. Private to "futur": -. Private to "futurs": s.
"futur" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "futurs" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "futur" for "futurs" ever safe?
Frequency check: "futur" vs "futurs" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
"futur" and "futurs" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "futur" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "futurs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #427,380 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "futur" and "futurs" 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 #427,380 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.