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“futuriste” and “futuristes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#22,573
“futuriste” frequency rank
#41,796
“futuristes” frequency rank
64369
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature futuriste futuristes
Definition Relatif au futurisme. Pluriel de futuriste.

Same sound, different letters: futuriste vs futuristes

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. futuriste runs 9 letters (CVCVCVCCV) against futuristes's 10 (CVCVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
futuriste
10 ch
futuristes

Same sound, different spelling - futuriste / futuristes

This is the hard kind. futuriste and futuristes are pronounced identically (\fy.ty.ʁist\) 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) - “futuriste” sits inside “futuristes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64369, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

futuriste is recorded at frequency rank #22,573, classified as anadj, pronounced \fy.ty.ʁist\. futuristes is at rank #41,796, tagged as anadj, pronounced \fy.ty.ʁist\.

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 64369, this pair ranks #77,376 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of futuriste vs futuristes

Shared letters: efirstu. Private to "futuriste": -. Private to "futuristes": -.

"futuriste" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCCV  ·  "futuristes" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • futuriste ← ffuturiste · ftuuriste · futruiste · futturiste · futuirste · futuriset · futurisste · futuristte
  • futuristes ← ffuturistes · ftuuristes · futruistes · futturistes · futuirstes · futurisets · futurisstes · futuristess

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "futuriste" and "futuristes" be used interchangeably?
No. They are pronounced the same (\fy.ty.ʁist\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Frequency check: "futuriste" vs "futuristes" - which ranks higher?
"futuriste" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #22,573 in our French list, against #41,796 for "futuristes". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've separated the homophone pair "futuriste" / "futuristes". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.

  • Full dictionary entry for "futuriste" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "futuristes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #77,376 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "futuriste" and "futuristes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fleuriste vs futuriste". 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 #77,376 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list