Which to use
“mâchoire” and “mâchoires” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,002
- “mâchoire” frequency rank
- #21,700
- “mâchoires” frequency rank
- 33702
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mâchoire | mâchoires |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Chacune des deux parties osseuses de la bouche dans lesquelles les dents sont enchâssées. | Pluriel de mâchoire. |
Same sound, different letters: mâchoire vs mâchoires
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. mâchoire runs 8 letters (CVCCVVCV) against mâchoires's 9 (CVCCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: mâchoire vs mâchoires
This is the hard kind. mâchoire and mâchoires are pronounced identically (\mɑ.ʃwaʁ\) 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) - “mâchoire” sits inside “mâchoires”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33702, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mâchoire is recorded at frequency rank #12,002, classified as anoun, pronounced \mɑ.ʃwaʁ\. mâchoires is at rank #21,700, tagged as anoun, pronounced \mɑ.ʃwaʁ\.
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 33702, this pair ranks #288,870 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of mâchoire vs mâchoires
Shared letters: cehimorâ. Private to "mâchoire": -. Private to "mâchoires": s.
"mâchoire" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCV · "mâchoires" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "mâchoire" and "mâchoires" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "mâchoire" or "mâchoires"?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "mâchoire" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mâchoires" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #288,870 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mâchoire" and "mâchoires" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "macaire vs mâchoire". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #288,870 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.