Which to use
“laborieuse” and “laborieuses” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #32,459
- “laborieuse” frequency rank
- #44,017
- “laborieuses” frequency rank
- 76476
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | laborieuse | laborieuses |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui travaille beaucoup. | Féminin pluriel de laborieux. |
Same sound, different letters: laborieuse vs laborieuses
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters. laborieuse runs 10 letters (CVCVCVVVCV) against laborieuses's 11 (CVCVCVVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - laborieuse and laborieuses
This is the hard kind. laborieuse and laborieuses are pronounced identically (\la.bɔ.ʁjøz\) 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) - “laborieuse” sits inside “laborieuses”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 76476, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
laborieuse is recorded at frequency rank #32,459, classified as anadj, pronounced \la.bɔ.ʁjøz\. laborieuses is at rank #44,017, tagged as anadj, pronounced \la.bɔ.ʁjøz\.
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 76476, this pair ranks #31,047 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of laborieuse vs laborieuses
Shared letters: abeilorsu. Private to "laborieuse": -. Private to "laborieuses": -.
"laborieuse" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVVVCV · "laborieuses" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCVVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- laborieuse ← alborieuse · labborieuse · laboireuse · laboreiuse · laboriesue · laborieues · laborieusse · laboriuese
- laborieuses ← alborieuses · labborieuses · laboireuses · laboreiuses · laboriesues · laborieuess · laborieusess · laborieusses
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "laborieuse" and "laborieuses" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "laborieuse" vs "laborieuses" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "laborieuse" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "laborieuses" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #31,047 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "laborieuse" and "laborieuses" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "laborieuse vs laborieux". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #31,047 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.