Which to use
“greffier” and “greffiers” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #21,640
- “greffier” frequency rank
- #40,790
- “greffiers” frequency rank
- 62430
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | greffier | greffiers |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Officier public préposé au greffe. | Pluriel de greffier. |
Where the eye mixes greffier and greffiers
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. greffier runs 8 letters (CCVCCVVC) against greffiers's 9 (CCVCCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between greffier and greffiers
A purely visual mix-up. greffier (\ɡʁɛ.fje\) and greffiers (\ɡʁe.fje\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “greffier” sits inside “greffiers”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62430, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
greffier is recorded at frequency rank #21,640, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɡʁɛ.fje\. greffiers is at rank #40,790, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɡʁe.fje\.
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 62430, this pair ranks #87,180 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of greffier vs greffiers
Shared letters: efgir. Private to "greffier": -. Private to "greffiers": s.
"greffier" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCVVC · "greffiers" · 9 letters · shape CCVCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "greffier" for "greffiers" ever safe?
Frequency check: "greffier" vs "greffiers" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "greffier" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "greffiers" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #87,180 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "greffier" and "greffiers" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "greffer vs greffiers". 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 #87,180 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.