Which to use
“infirmières” and “infirmiers” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,498
- “infirmières” frequency rank
- #13,618
- “infirmiers” frequency rank
- 23116
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | infirmières | infirmiers |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de infirmier. | Masculin pluriel de infirmier. |
Where the eye mixes infirmières and infirmiers
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. infirmières runs 11 letters (VCCVCCVVCVC) against infirmiers's 10 (VCCVCCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: infirmières vs infirmiers
A purely visual mix-up. infirmières (\ɛ̃.fiʁ.mjɛʁ\) and infirmiers (\ɛ̃.fiʁ.mje\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23116, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
infirmières is recorded at frequency rank #9,498, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.fiʁ.mjɛʁ\. 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 23116, this pair ranks #354,260 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of infirmières vs infirmiers
Shared letters: efimnrs. Private to "infirmières": è. Private to "infirmiers": -.
"infirmières" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCCVVCVC · "infirmiers" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- infirmiers ← ifnirmiers · inffirmiers · infimriers · infirimers · infirmeirs · infirmierrs · infirmierss · infirmiesr
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "infirmières" for "infirmiers" ever safe?
Frequency check: "infirmières" vs "infirmiers" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "infirmières" and "infirmiers" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "infirmières" 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 #354,260 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "infirmières" and "infirmiers" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "infirmer vs infirmiers". 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 #354,260 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.