Which to use
“guéri” and “guéris” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,397
- “guéri” frequency rank
- #28,186
- “guéris” frequency rank
- 43583
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | guéri | guéris |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui n’est plus malade. | Masculin pluriel de guéri. |
Same sound, different letters: guéri vs guéris
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. guéri runs 5 letters (CVVCV) against guéris's 6 (CVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - guéri / guéris
This is the hard kind. guéri and guéris are pronounced identically (\ɡe.ʁi\) 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) - “guéri” sits inside “guéris”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43583, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
guéri is recorded at frequency rank #15,397, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɡe.ʁi\. guéris is at rank #28,186, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɡe.ʁi\.
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 43583, this pair ranks #216,964 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of guéri vs guéris
Shared letters: girué. Private to "guéri": -. Private to "guéris": s.
"guéri" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "guéris" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "guéri" for "guéris" ever safe?
Which is more common, "guéri" or "guéris"?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "guéri" / "guéris". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "guéri" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "guéris" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #216,964 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "guéri" and "guéris" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "guéret vs guéris". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #216,964 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.