Which to use
“héritière” and “héritiers” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,161
- “héritière” frequency rank
- #9,851
- “héritiers” frequency rank
- 25012
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | héritière | héritiers |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Celle que la loi appelle à recueillir une succession. | Pluriel de héritier. |
Where the eye mixes héritière and héritiers
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. héritière (CVCVCVVCV) and héritiers (CVCVCVVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between héritière and héritiers
A purely visual mix-up. héritière (\e.ʁi.tjɛʁ\) and héritiers (\e.ʁi.tje\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25012, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
héritière is recorded at frequency rank #15,161, classified as anoun, pronounced \e.ʁi.tjɛʁ\. héritiers is at rank #9,851, tagged as anoun, pronounced \e.ʁi.tje\.
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 25012, this pair ranks #343,286 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of héritière vs héritiers
Shared letters: ehirté. Private to "héritière": è. Private to "héritiers": s.
"héritière" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVVCV · "héritiers" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVVCC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "héritière" for "héritiers" ever safe?
Frequency check: "héritière" vs "héritiers" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "héritière" and "héritiers" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "héritière" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "héritiers" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #343,286 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "héritière" and "héritiers" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "herbiers vs héritiers". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #343,286 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.