Which to use
“infirmier” is a noun and “infirmiers” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #13,406
- “infirmier” frequency rank
- #13,618
- “infirmiers” frequency rank
- 27024
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | infirmier | infirmiers |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Celui qui soigne et sert les malades dans une infirmerie, dans un hôpital, dans une ambulance. | Masculin pluriel de infirmier. |
Same sound, different letters: infirmier vs infirmiers
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. infirmier runs 9 letters (VCCVCCVVC) against infirmiers's 10 (VCCVCCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: infirmier vs infirmiers
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: infirmier and infirmiers carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ɛ̃.fiʁ.mje\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “infirmier” sits inside “infirmiers”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27024, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
infirmier is recorded at frequency rank #13,406, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɛ̃.fiʁ.mje\. infirmiers is at rank #13,618, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.fiʁ.mje\.
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 27024, this pair ranks #331,484 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of infirmier vs infirmiers
Shared letters: efimnr. Private to "infirmier": -. Private to "infirmiers": s.
"infirmier" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVVC · "infirmiers" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- infirmier ← ifnirmier · inffirmier · infimrier · infirimer · infirmeir · infirmierr · infirmire · infirmmier
- infirmiers ← ifnirmiers · inffirmiers · infimriers · infirimers · infirmeirs · infirmierrs · infirmierss · infirmiesr
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "infirmier" and "infirmiers" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "infirmier" or "infirmiers" show up more?
After this comparison
"infirmier" and "infirmiers" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "infirmier" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "infirmiers" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #331,484 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "infirmier" and "infirmiers" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "infirmier vs infirmité". 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 #331,484 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.