Which to use
“intérieur” and “intérieures” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #615
- “intérieur” frequency rank
- #10,895
- “intérieures” frequency rank
- 11510
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | intérieur | intérieures |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est au dedans ; qui est relatif au dedans. | Féminin pluriel de intérieur. |
Same sound, different letters: intérieur vs intérieures
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. intérieur runs 9 letters (VCCVCVVVC) against intérieures's 11 (VCCVCVVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - intérieur / intérieures
This is the hard kind. intérieur and intérieures are pronounced identically (\ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁjœʁ\) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “intérieur” sits inside “intérieures”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11510, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
intérieur is recorded at frequency rank #615, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁjœʁ\. intérieures is at rank #10,895, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁjœʁ\.
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 11510, this pair ranks #408,872 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of intérieur vs intérieures
Shared letters: einrtué. Private to "intérieur": -. Private to "intérieures": s.
"intérieur" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVVVC · "intérieures" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCVVVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "intérieur" and "intérieures" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "intérieur" vs "intérieures" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
"intérieur" and "intérieures" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "intérieur" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "intérieures" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #408,872 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "intérieur" and "intérieures" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "intérieur vs interner". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #408,872 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.