Which to use
“gaucher” and “gauchers” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,718
- “gaucher” frequency rank
- #43,461
- “gauchers” frequency rank
- 61179
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | gaucher | gauchers |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui se sert habituellement de la main gauche au lieu de la main droite. | Masculin pluriel de gaucher. |
Same sound, different letters: gaucher vs gauchers
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. gaucher runs 7 letters (CVVCCVC) against gauchers's 8 (CVVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: gaucher vs gauchers
This is the hard kind. gaucher and gauchers are pronounced identically (\ɡo.ʃe\) 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) - “gaucher” sits inside “gauchers”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61179, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
gaucher is recorded at frequency rank #17,718, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɡo.ʃe\. gauchers is at rank #43,461, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɡo.ʃe\.
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 61179, this pair ranks #93,668 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of gaucher vs gauchers
Shared letters: aceghru. Private to "gaucher": -. Private to "gauchers": s.
"gaucher" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC · "gauchers" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "gaucher" for "gauchers" ever safe?
Frequency check: "gaucher" vs "gauchers" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
"gaucher" and "gauchers" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "gaucher" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "gauchers" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #93,668 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "gaucher" and "gauchers" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "gauchers vs gauchos". 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 #93,668 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.