Which to use
“locataire” and “locataires” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,457
- “locataire” frequency rank
- #8,418
- “locataires” frequency rank
- 15875
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | locataire | locataires |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Celui, celle qui occupe une maison ou une partie de maison à loyer. | Pluriel de locataire. |
Same sound, different letters: locataire vs locataires
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. locataire runs 9 letters (CVCVCVVCV) against locataires's 10 (CVCVCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: locataire vs locataires
This is the hard kind. locataire and locataires are pronounced identically (\lɔ.ka.tɛʁ\) 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) - “locataire” sits inside “locataires”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15875, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
locataire is recorded at frequency rank #7,457, classified as anoun, pronounced \lɔ.ka.tɛʁ\. locataires is at rank #8,418, tagged as anoun, pronounced \lɔ.ka.tɛʁ\.
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 15875, this pair ranks #390,453 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of locataire vs locataires
Shared letters: aceilort. Private to "locataire": -. Private to "locataires": s.
"locataire" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVVCV · "locataires" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- locataire ← lcoataire · llocataire · loactaire · locaatire · locataier · locatairre · locatarie · locatiare
- locataires ← lcoataires · llocataires · loactaires · locaatires · locataiers · locatairess · locatairres · locatairse
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "locataire" for "locataires" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "locataire" or "locataires" show up more?
Useful next steps
"locataire" and "locataires" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "locataire" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "locataires" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #390,453 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "locataire" and "locataires" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "locataires vs locatives". 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 #390,453 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.