Which to use
“intérieur” and “intérieurs” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #615
- “intérieur” frequency rank
- #9,856
- “intérieurs” frequency rank
- 10471
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | intérieur | intérieurs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est au dedans ; qui est relatif au dedans. | Masculin pluriel de intérieur. |
Same sound, different letters: intérieur vs intérieurs
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. intérieur runs 9 letters (VCCVCVVVC) against intérieurs's 10 (VCCVCVVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - intérieur and intérieurs
This is the hard kind. intérieur and intérieurs 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 1 extra letter(s) - “intérieur” sits inside “intérieurs”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10471, 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\. intérieurs is at rank #9,856, 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 10471, this pair ranks #412,865 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of intérieur vs intérieurs
Shared letters: einrtué. Private to "intérieur": -. Private to "intérieurs": s.
"intérieur" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVVVC · "intérieurs" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCVVVCC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "intérieur" for "intérieurs" ever safe?
Which is more common, "intérieur" or "intérieurs"?
After this comparison
"intérieur" and "intérieurs" 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 "intérieurs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #412,865 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "intérieur" and "intérieurs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "intérieur vs interner". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #412,865 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.