Which to use
“hébergeur” and “hébergeurs” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #34,124
- “hébergeur” frequency rank
- #42,929
- “hébergeurs” frequency rank
- 77053
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hébergeur | hébergeurs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Celui qui héberge ; hôte. | Pluriel de hébergeur. |
Same sound, different letters: hébergeur vs hébergeurs
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. hébergeur runs 9 letters (CVCVCCVVC) against hébergeurs's 10 (CVCVCCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: hébergeur vs hébergeurs
This is the hard kind. hébergeur and hébergeurs are pronounced identically (\e.bɛʁ.ʒœʁ\) 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) - “hébergeur” sits inside “hébergeurs”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 77053, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hébergeur is recorded at frequency rank #34,124, classified as anoun, pronounced \e.bɛʁ.ʒœʁ\. hébergeurs is at rank #42,929, tagged as anoun, pronounced \e.bɛʁ.ʒœʁ\.
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 77053, this pair ranks #29,442 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of hébergeur vs hébergeurs
Shared letters: beghrué. Private to "hébergeur": -. Private to "hébergeurs": s.
"hébergeur" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVVC · "hébergeurs" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCVVCC
Frequently Asked Questions
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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 "hébergeur" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "hébergeurs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #29,442 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hébergeur" and "hébergeurs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hébergées vs hébergeurs". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #29,442 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.