Which to use
“leur” and “leurs” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #72
- “leur” frequency rank
- #126
- “leurs” frequency rank
- 198
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | leur | leurs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est à eux ou à elles. | Troisième personne du pluriel. Qui sont à eux. Plusieurs possesseurs et plusieurs objets. |
Same sound, different letters: leur vs leurs
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters.
Homophone desk: leur vs leurs
This is the hard kind. leur and leurs are pronounced identically (\lœʁ\) and both work as adeterminer. 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) - “leur” sits inside “leurs”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 198, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
leur is recorded at frequency rank #72, classified as adet, pronounced \lœʁ\. leurs is at rank #126, tagged as adet, pronounced \lœʁ\.
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 198, this pair ranks #439,982 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of leur vs leurs
Shared letters: elru. Private to "leur": -. Private to "leurs": s.
"leur" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "leurs" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "leur" and "leurs" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "leur" vs "leurs" - which ranks higher?
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 "leur" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "leurs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #439,982 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "leur" and "leurs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lep vs leur". 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 #439,982 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.