Which to use
“imposteur” and “imposteurs” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #21,972
- “imposteur” frequency rank
- #38,356
- “imposteurs” frequency rank
- 60328
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | imposteur | imposteurs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est dans l’imposture. | Masculin pluriel de imposteur. |
Same sound, different letters: imposteur vs imposteurs
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. imposteur runs 9 letters (VCCVCCVVC) against imposteurs's 10 (VCCVCCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - imposteur and imposteurs
This is the hard kind. imposteur and imposteurs are pronounced identically (\ɛ̃.pɔs.tœʁ\) 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 1 extra letter(s) - “imposteur” sits inside “imposteurs”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60328, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
imposteur is recorded at frequency rank #21,972, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.pɔs.tœʁ\. imposteurs is at rank #38,356, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.pɔs.tœʁ\.
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 60328, this pair ranks #98,184 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of imposteur vs imposteurs
Shared letters: eimoprstu. Private to "imposteur": -. Private to "imposteurs": -.
"imposteur" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVVC · "imposteurs" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- imposteur ← immposteur · imopsteur · imposetur · impossteur · imposteru · imposteurr · impostteur · impotseur
- imposteurs ← immposteurs · imopsteurs · imposeturs · impossteurs · imposterus · imposteurrs · imposteurss · imposteusr
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "imposteur" and "imposteurs" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "imposteur" or "imposteurs"?
Useful next steps
"imposteur" and "imposteurs" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "imposteur" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "imposteurs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #98,184 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "imposteur" and "imposteurs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "imposteurs vs imposture". 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 #98,184 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.