Which to use
“majoritaire” and “majoritaires” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,411
- “majoritaire” frequency rank
- #16,938
- “majoritaires” frequency rank
- 23349
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | majoritaire | majoritaires |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Le plus répandu. | Pluriel de majoritaire. |
Same sound, different letters: majoritaire vs majoritaires
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 11 letters. majoritaire runs 11 letters (CVCVCVCVVCV) against majoritaires's 12 (CVCVCVCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - majoritaire and majoritaires
This is the hard kind. majoritaire and majoritaires are pronounced identically (\ma.ʒɔ.ʁi.tɛʁ\) and both work as anadjective. 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) - “majoritaire” sits inside “majoritaires”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23349, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
majoritaire is recorded at frequency rank #6,411, classified as anadj, pronounced \ma.ʒɔ.ʁi.tɛʁ\. majoritaires is at rank #16,938, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ma.ʒɔ.ʁi.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 23349, this pair ranks #353,020 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of majoritaire vs majoritaires
Shared letters: aeijmort. Private to "majoritaire": -. Private to "majoritaires": s.
"majoritaire" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCVCVVCV · "majoritaires" · 12 letters · shape CVCVCVCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- majoritaire ← amjoritaire · majjoritaire · majoirtaire · majoriatire · majoritaier · majoritairre · majoritarie · majoritiare
- majoritaires ← amjoritaires · majjoritaires · majoirtaires · majoriatires · majoritaiers · majoritairess · majoritairres · majoritairse
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "majoritaire" and "majoritaires" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "majoritaire" or "majoritaires" show up more?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "majoritaire" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "majoritaires" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #353,020 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "majoritaire" and "majoritaires" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "majoritaires vs minoritaires". 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 #353,020 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.