Which to use
“groupe” and “groups” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #233
- “groupe” frequency rank
- #42,369
- “groups” frequency rank
- 42602
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | groupe | groups |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Ensemble de personnes, d’animaux. | Pluriel de group. |
Same sound, different letters: groupe vs groups
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters.
Homophone desk: groupe vs groups
This is the hard kind. groupe and groups 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 a single letter - e in “groupe” becomes s in “groups”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42602, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
groupe is recorded at frequency rank #233, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɡʁup\. groups is at rank #42,369, 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 42602, this pair ranks #224,378 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of groupe vs groups
Shared letters: gopru. Private to "groupe": e. Private to "groups": s.
"groupe" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCV · "groups" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "groupe" and "groups" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "groupe" vs "groups" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
"groupe" and "groups" 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 "groups" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #224,378 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "groupe" and "groups" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "groupée vs groups". 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 #224,378 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.