Which to use
“lutteur” and “lutteurs” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #34,603
- “lutteur” frequency rank
- #41,879
- “lutteurs” frequency rank
- 76482
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lutteur | lutteurs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Celui qui combat à la lutte. | Pluriel de lutteur. |
Same sound, different letters: lutteur vs lutteurs
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. lutteur runs 7 letters (CVCCVVC) against lutteurs's 8 (CVCCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - lutteur and lutteurs
This is the hard kind. lutteur and lutteurs are pronounced identically (\ly.tœʁ\) 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) - “lutteur” sits inside “lutteurs”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 76482, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
lutteur is recorded at frequency rank #34,603, classified as anoun, pronounced \ly.tœʁ\. lutteurs is at rank #41,879, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ly.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 76482, this pair ranks #31,024 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of lutteur vs lutteurs
Shared letters: elrtu. Private to "lutteur": -. Private to "lutteurs": s.
"lutteur" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "lutteurs" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "lutteur" for "lutteurs" ever safe?
Frequency check: "lutteur" vs "lutteurs" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "lutteur" / "lutteurs". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "lutteur" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "lutteurs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #31,024 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lutteur" and "lutteurs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "letters vs lutteurs". 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 #31,024 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.