Which to use
“guerre” and “guerres” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #316
- “guerre” frequency rank
- #3,615
- “guerres” frequency rank
- 3931
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | guerre | guerres |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Conflit durable entre deux peuples ou nations qui implique la mobilisation d’armes. | Pluriel de guerre. |
Same sound, different letters: guerre vs guerres
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Homophone desk: guerre vs guerres
This is the hard kind. guerre and guerres are pronounced identically (\ɡɛʁ\) 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) - “guerre” sits inside “guerres”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 3931, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
guerre is recorded at frequency rank #316, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɡɛʁ\. guerres is at rank #3,615, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɡɛʁ\.
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 3931, this pair ranks #432,863 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of guerre vs guerres
Shared letters: egru. Private to "guerre": -. Private to "guerres": s.
"guerre" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV · "guerres" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "guerre" and "guerres" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "guerre" or "guerres" show up more?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "guerre" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "guerres" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #432,863 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "guerre" and "guerres" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "guéret vs guerres". 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 #432,863 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.