Which to use
“ingénieure” and “ingénieurs” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #43,502
- “ingénieure” frequency rank
- #4,156
- “ingénieurs” frequency rank
- 47658
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ingénieure | ingénieurs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Celle qui conduit des ouvrages ou travaux publics, tels que la construction et l’entretien des routes, la construction des vaisseaux, l’exploitation des mines, etc., ou qui s’occupe, soit théoriquement, soit pratiquement, des applications industrielles et commerciales de la physique, de la mécanique, de la chimie, de l’électricité, et d’autres domaines divers et variés. | Pluriel de ingénieur. |
Same sound, different letters: ingénieure vs ingénieurs
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. ingénieure (VCCVCVVVCV) and ingénieurs (VCCVCVVVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Homophone desk: ingénieure vs ingénieurs
This is the hard kind. ingénieure and ingénieurs are pronounced identically (\ɛ̃.ʒe.njœʁ\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by a single letter - e in “ingénieure” becomes s in “ingénieurs”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47658, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ingénieure is recorded at frequency rank #43,502, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɛ̃.ʒe.njœʁ\. ingénieurs is at rank #4,156, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɛ̃.ʒe.njœʁ\.
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 47658, this pair ranks #185,196 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of ingénieure vs ingénieurs
Shared letters: eginrué. Private to "ingénieure": -. Private to "ingénieurs": s.
"ingénieure" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCVVVCV · "ingénieurs" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCVVVCC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "ingénieure" for "ingénieurs" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "ingénieure" or "ingénieurs" show up more?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "ingénieure" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ingénieurs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #185,196 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ingénieure" and "ingénieurs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ingénieure vs ingénieuse". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #185,196 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.