Which to use
“guérie” and “guéris” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #24,231
- “guérie” frequency rank
- #28,186
- “guéris” frequency rank
- 52417
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | guérie | guéris |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de guéri. | Masculin pluriel de guéri. |
Same sound, different letters: guérie vs guéris
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. guérie (CVVCVV) and guéris (CVVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Ear matches; page differs - guérie and guéris
This is the hard kind. guérie 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 a single letter - e in “guérie” becomes s in “guéris”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52417, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
guérie is recorded at frequency rank #24,231, 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 52417, this pair ranks #147,867 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of guérie vs guéris
Shared letters: girué. Private to "guérie": e. Private to "guéris": s.
"guérie" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVV · "guéris" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "guérie" and "guéris" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "guérie" vs "guéris" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
"guérie" and "guéris" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "guérie" 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 #147,867 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "guérie" and "guéris" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "guéret vs guéris". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #147,867 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.