Which to use
“groupe” and “groupes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #233
- “groupe” frequency rank
- #922
- “groupes” frequency rank
- 1155
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | groupe | groupes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Ensemble de personnes, d’animaux. | Pluriel de groupe. |
Same sound, different letters: groupe vs groupes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Homophone desk: groupe vs groupes
This is the hard kind. groupe and groupes are pronounced identically (\ɡʁup\) 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) - “groupe” sits inside “groupes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 1155, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
groupe is recorded at frequency rank #233, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɡʁup\. groupes is at rank #922, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɡʁup\.
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 1155, this pair ranks #438,532 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of groupe vs groupes
Shared letters: egopru. Private to "groupe": -. Private to "groupes": s.
"groupe" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCV · "groupes" · 7 letters · shape CCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "groupe" and "groupes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "groupe" or "groupes"?
What to do next
"groupe" and "groupes" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "groupe" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "groupes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #438,532 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "groupe" and "groupes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "groupée vs groupes". 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 #438,532 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.