Which to use
“imprimeur” and “imprimeurs” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,389
- “imprimeur” frequency rank
- #33,732
- “imprimeurs” frequency rank
- 50121
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | imprimeur | imprimeurs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui imprime. | Masculin pluriel de imprimeur. |
Same sound, different letters: imprimeur vs imprimeurs
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. imprimeur runs 9 letters (VCCCVCVVC) against imprimeurs's 10 (VCCCVCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - imprimeur / imprimeurs
This is the hard kind. imprimeur and imprimeurs are pronounced identically (\ɛ̃.pʁi.mœʁ\) 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) - “imprimeur” sits inside “imprimeurs”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50121, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
imprimeur is recorded at frequency rank #16,389, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.pʁi.mœʁ\. imprimeurs is at rank #33,732, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.pʁi.mœʁ\.
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 50121, this pair ranks #165,159 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of imprimeur vs imprimeurs
Shared letters: eimpru. Private to "imprimeur": -. Private to "imprimeurs": s.
"imprimeur" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCVVC · "imprimeurs" · 10 letters · shape VCCCVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- imprimeur ← immprimeur · impirmeur · impprimeur · impriemur · imprimeru · imprimeurr · imprimmeur · imprimuer
- imprimeurs ← immprimeurs · impirmeurs · impprimeurs · impriemurs · imprimerus · imprimeurrs · imprimeurss · imprimeusr
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "imprimeur" and "imprimeurs" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "imprimeur" or "imprimeurs" 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 "imprimeur" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "imprimeurs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #165,159 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "imprimeur" and "imprimeurs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "imprimées vs imprimeurs". 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 #165,159 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.