Which to use
“grec” and “grecs” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,006
- “grec” frequency rank
- #5,563
- “grecs” frequency rank
- 8569
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | grec | grecs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Relatif à la Grèce, aux Grecs, ou à leur langue. | Masculin pluriel de grec. |
Same sound, different letters: grec vs grecs
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - grec / grecs
This is the hard kind. grec and grecs are pronounced identically (\ɡʁɛk\) 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) - “grec” sits inside “grecs”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 8569, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
grec is recorded at frequency rank #3,006, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɡʁɛk\. grecs is at rank #5,563, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɡʁɛk\.
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 8569, this pair ranks #419,585 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of grec vs grecs
Shared letters: cegr. Private to "grec": -. Private to "grecs": s.
"grec" · 4 letters · shape CCVC · "grecs" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "grec" and "grecs" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "grec" or "grecs"?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "grec" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "grecs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #419,585 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "grec" and "grecs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "gets vs grecs". 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 #419,585 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.