intérieurevsintérieuresWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: intérieure is a noun, intérieures is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“intérieure” is a noun and “intérieures” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#3,689
“intérieure” frequency rank
#10,895
“intérieures” frequency rank
14584
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature intérieure intérieures
Definition Joueuse de basket-ball au rôle principalement défensif. Féminin pluriel de intérieur.

Same sound, different letters: intérieure vs intérieures

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters. intérieure runs 10 letters (VCCVCVVVCV) against intérieures's 11 (VCCVCVVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

10 ch
intérieure
11 ch
intérieures

Ear matches; page differs - intérieure and intérieures

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: intérieure and intérieures carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁjœʁ\. 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) - “intérieure” sits inside “intérieures”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14584, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

intérieure is recorded at frequency rank #3,689, classified as anoun, 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 14584, this pair ranks #396,043 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of intérieure vs intérieures

Shared letters: einrtué. Private to "intérieure": -. Private to "intérieures": s.

"intérieure" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCVVVCV  ·  "intérieures" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCVVVCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "intérieure" and "intérieures" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "intérieure" is a noun and "intérieures" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "intérieure" or "intérieures"?
"intérieure" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,689 in our French list, against #10,895 for "intérieures". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

"intérieure" and "intérieures" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.

  • Full dictionary entry for "intérieure" 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 #396,043 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "intérieure" and "intérieures" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ingénieure vs intérieure". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #396,043 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list