Which to use
“lectrice” and “lectrices” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #35,574
- “lectrice” frequency rank
- #35,575
- “lectrices” frequency rank
- 71149
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lectrice | lectrices |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Celle qui lit seule et silencieusement un livre, un journal, etc., pour son plaisir ou pour s’instruire. | Pluriel de lectrice. |
Same sound, different letters: lectrice vs lectrices
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters.
Homophone desk: lectrice vs lectrices
This is the hard kind. lectrice and lectrices are pronounced identically (\lɛk.tʁis\) 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) - “lectrice” sits inside “lectrices”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 71149, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
lectrice is recorded at frequency rank #35,574, classified as anoun, pronounced \lɛk.tʁis\. lectrices is at rank #35,575, tagged as anoun, pronounced \lɛk.tʁis\.
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 71149, this pair ranks #48,628 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of lectrice vs lectrices
Shared letters: ceilrt. Private to "lectrice": -. Private to "lectrices": s.
"lectrice" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVCV · "lectrices" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "lectrice" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "lectrices" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #48,628 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- 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 #48,628 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.