Which to use
“leader” and “leaders” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,832
- “leader” frequency rank
- #7,338
- “leaders” frequency rank
- 10170
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | leader | leaders |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Personne qui se trouve à la tête d’un parti politique ou d’un groupe quelconque. | Pluriel de leader. |
Same sound, different letters: leader vs leaders
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. leader runs 6 letters (CVVCVC) against leaders's 7 (CVVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - leader / leaders
This is the hard kind. leader and leaders are pronounced identically (\li.dœʁ\) 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) - “leader” sits inside “leaders”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10170, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
leader is recorded at frequency rank #2,832, classified as anoun, pronounced \li.dœʁ\. leaders is at rank #7,338, tagged as anoun, pronounced \li.dœʁ\.
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 10170, this pair ranks #413,974 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of leader vs leaders
Shared letters: adelr. Private to "leader": -. Private to "leaders": s.
"leader" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC · "leaders" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "leader" and "leaders" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "leader" vs "leaders" - 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 "leader" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "leaders" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #413,974 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "leader" and "leaders" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "later vs leader". 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 #413,974 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.