Which to use
“golfeur” and “golfeurs” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #35,526
- “golfeur” frequency rank
- #49,114
- “golfeurs” frequency rank
- 84640
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | golfeur | golfeurs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Personne qui pratique le golf. | Pluriel de golfeur. |
Same sound, different letters: golfeur vs golfeurs
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. golfeur runs 7 letters (CVCCVVC) against golfeurs's 8 (CVCCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: golfeur vs golfeurs
This is the hard kind. golfeur and golfeurs are pronounced identically (\ɡɔl.fœʁ\) and both work as anoun. 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) - “golfeur” sits inside “golfeurs”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 84640, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
golfeur is recorded at frequency rank #35,526, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɡɔl.fœʁ\. golfeurs is at rank #49,114, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɡɔl.fœʁ\.
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 84640, this pair ranks #12,620 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of golfeur vs golfeurs
Shared letters: efgloru. Private to "golfeur": -. Private to "golfeurs": s.
"golfeur" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "golfeurs" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "golfeur" and "golfeurs" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "golfeur" vs "golfeurs" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "golfeur" / "golfeurs". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "golfeur" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "golfeurs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #12,620 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "golfeur" and "golfeurs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "golfe vs golfeur". 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 #12,620 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.