Which to use
“locuteur” and “locuteurs” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #30,692
- “locuteur” frequency rank
- #22,608
- “locuteurs” frequency rank
- 53300
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | locuteur | locuteurs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Personne qui parle ; émetteur de l’énonciation. | Pluriel de locuteur. |
Where the eye mixes locuteur and locuteurs
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses locuteur with locuteurs
A purely visual mix-up. locuteur (\lɔ.ky.tœʁ\) and locuteurs (\lo.ky.tœʁ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “locuteur” sits inside “locuteurs”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53300, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
locuteur is recorded at frequency rank #30,692, classified as anoun, pronounced \lɔ.ky.tœʁ\. locuteurs is at rank #22,608, tagged as anoun, pronounced \lo.ky.tœʁ\.
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 53300, this pair ranks #141,683 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of locuteur vs locuteurs
Shared letters: celortu. Private to "locuteur": -. Private to "locuteurs": s.
"locuteur" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC · "locuteurs" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "locuteur" and "locuteurs" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "locuteur" or "locuteurs"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "locuteur" and "locuteurs" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "locuteur" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "locuteurs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #141,683 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "locuteur" and "locuteurs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "locuteur vs loueur". 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 #141,683 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.