Which to use
“incontournable” and “incontournables” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,727
- “incontournable” frequency rank
- #18,779
- “incontournables” frequency rank
- 27506
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | incontournable | incontournables |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Que l'on ne peut contourner. | Pluriel de incontournable. |
Same sound, different letters: incontournable vs incontournables
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 14 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - incontournable / incontournables
This is the hard kind. incontournable and incontournables are pronounced identically (\ɛ̃.kɔ̃.tuʁ.nabl\) 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) - “incontournable” sits inside “incontournables”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27506, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
incontournable is recorded at frequency rank #8,727, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.kɔ̃.tuʁ.nabl\. incontournables is at rank #18,779, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.kɔ̃.tuʁ.nabl\.
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 27506, this pair ranks #328,542 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of incontournable vs incontournables
Shared letters: abceilnortu. Private to "incontournable": -. Private to "incontournables": s.
"incontournable" · 14 letters · shape VCCVCCVVCCVCCV · "incontournables" · 15 letters · shape VCCVCCVVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- incontournable ← icnontournable · inccontournable · incnotournable · inconntournable · inconoturnable · incontorunable · incontounrable · incontouranble
- incontournables ← icnontournables · inccontournables · incnotournables · inconntournables · inconoturnables · incontorunables · incontounrables · incontouranbles
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "incontournable" and "incontournables" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "incontournable" or "incontournables"?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "incontournable" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "incontournables" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #328,542 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- 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 #328,542 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.