Which to use
“irrégulière” is a noun and “irrégulières” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #14,958
- “irrégulière” frequency rank
- #31,563
- “irrégulières” frequency rank
- 46521
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | irrégulière | irrégulières |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Femme qui n’a pas un statut juridique légal, du point de vue du séjour dans un pays, du point de vue professionnel. | Féminin pluriel de irrégulier. |
Same sound, different letters: irrégulière vs irrégulières
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 11 letters. irrégulière runs 11 letters (VCCVCVCVVCV) against irrégulières's 12 (VCCVCVCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - irrégulière and irrégulières
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: irrégulière and irrégulières carry the same recorded pronunciation, \i.ʁe.ɡy.ljɛʁ\. 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) - “irrégulière” sits inside “irrégulières”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46521, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
irrégulière is recorded at frequency rank #14,958, classified as anoun, pronounced \i.ʁe.ɡy.ljɛʁ\. irrégulières is at rank #31,563, tagged as anadj, pronounced \i.ʁe.ɡy.ljɛʁ\.
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 46521, this pair ranks #194,240 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of irrégulière vs irrégulières
Shared letters: egilruèé. Private to "irrégulière": -. Private to "irrégulières": s.
"irrégulière" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCVCVVCV · "irrégulières" · 12 letters · shape VCCVCVCVVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "irrégulière" and "irrégulières" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "irrégulière" or "irrégulières" show up more?
What to do next
"irrégulière" and "irrégulières" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "irrégulière" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "irrégulières" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #194,240 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "irrégulière" and "irrégulières" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "irrégulières vs irréguliers". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #194,240 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.