Which to use
“guerrier” and “guerrières” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,404
- “guerrier” frequency rank
- #35,530
- “guerrières” frequency rank
- 43934
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | guerrier | guerrières |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui a rapport à la guerre. | Féminin pluriel de guerrier. |
Where the eye mixes guerrier and guerrières
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. guerrier runs 8 letters (CVVCCVVC) against guerrières's 10 (CVVCCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: guerrier vs guerrières
A purely visual mix-up. guerrier (\ɡɛ.ʁje\) and guerrières (\ɡɛ.ʁjɛʁ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43934, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
guerrier is recorded at frequency rank #8,404, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɡɛ.ʁje\. guerrières is at rank #35,530, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɡɛ.ʁjɛʁ\.
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 43934, this pair ranks #214,254 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of guerrier vs guerrières
Shared letters: egiru. Private to "guerrier": -. Private to "guerrières": sè.
"guerrier" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVVC · "guerrières" · 10 letters · shape CVVCCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- guerrier ← geurrier · gguerrier · guerier · guerirer · guerreir · guerrierr · guerrire · gurerier
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "guerrier" for "guerrières" ever safe?
Frequency check: "guerrier" vs "guerrières" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "guerrier" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "guerrières" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #214,254 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "guerrier" and "guerrières" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "guerrière vs guerrières". 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 #214,254 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.