Which to use
“futures” and “futurs” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,618
- “futures” frequency rank
- #4,761
- “futurs” frequency rank
- 11379
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | futures | futurs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de futur. | Masculin pluriel de futur. |
Same sound, different letters: futures vs futurs
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. futures runs 7 letters (CVCVCVC) against futurs's 6 (CVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: futures vs futurs
This is the hard kind. futures 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11379, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
futures is recorded at frequency rank #6,618, 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 11379, this pair ranks #409,370 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of futures vs futurs
Shared letters: frstu. Private to "futures": e. Private to "futurs": -.
"futures" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "futurs" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "futures" and "futurs" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "futures" vs "futurs" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "futures" 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 #409,370 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "futures" and "futurs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "feutres vs futures". 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 #409,370 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.