Which to use
“itinéraire” and “itinéraires” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,849
- “itinéraire” frequency rank
- #16,400
- “itinéraires” frequency rank
- 24249
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | itinéraire | itinéraires |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Chemin à suivre pour aller d’un lieu à un autre. | Pluriel de itinéraire. |
Same sound, different letters: itinéraire vs itinéraires
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters. itinéraire runs 10 letters (VCVCVCVVCV) against itinéraires's 11 (VCVCVCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - itinéraire / itinéraires
This is the hard kind. itinéraire and itinéraires are pronounced identically (\i.ti.ne.ʁɛʁ\) 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 1 extra letter(s) - “itinéraire” sits inside “itinéraires”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24249, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
itinéraire is recorded at frequency rank #7,849, classified as anoun, pronounced \i.ti.ne.ʁɛʁ\. itinéraires is at rank #16,400, tagged as anoun, pronounced \i.ti.ne.ʁɛʁ\.
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 24249, this pair ranks #347,702 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of itinéraire vs itinéraires
Shared letters: aeinrté. Private to "itinéraire": -. Private to "itinéraires": s.
"itinéraire" · 10 letters · shape VCVCVCVVCV · "itinéraires" · 11 letters · shape VCVCVCVVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "itinéraire" and "itinéraires" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "itinéraire" or "itinéraires"?
Useful next steps
"itinéraire" and "itinéraires" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "itinéraire" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "itinéraires" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #347,702 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "itinéraire" and "itinéraires" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "itinéraire vs itinérante". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #347,702 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.