Which to use
“laitière” is a noun and “laitiers” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #21,987
- “laitière” frequency rank
- #15,924
- “laitiers” frequency rank
- 37911
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | laitière | laitiers |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Celle dont le métier est de vendre du lait, de la crème, et autres produits dérivés du lait. | Masculin pluriel de laitier. |
Where the eye mixes laitière and laitiers
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. laitière (CVVCVVCV) and laitiers (CVVCVVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: laitière vs laitiers
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: laitière is \lɛ.tjɛʁ\ while laitiers is \lɛ.tje\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37911, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
laitière is recorded at frequency rank #21,987, classified as anoun, pronounced \lɛ.tjɛʁ\. laitiers is at rank #15,924, tagged as anadj, pronounced \lɛ.tje\.
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 37911, this pair ranks #259,103 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of laitière vs laitiers
Shared letters: aeilrt. Private to "laitière": è. Private to "laitiers": s.
"laitière" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVVCV · "laitiers" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- laitiers ← alitiers · laiiters · laiteirs · laitierrs · laitierss · laitiesr · laitires · laittiers
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "laitière" for "laitiers" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "laitière" or "laitiers" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "laitière" and "laitiers" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "laitière" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "laitiers" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #259,103 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "laitière" and "laitiers" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "laiterie vs laitière". 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 #259,103 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.