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“mangeur” and “mangeurs” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#31,131
“mangeur” frequency rank
#32,893
“mangeurs” frequency rank
64024
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mangeur mangeurs
Definition Celui qui mange. Pluriel de mangeur.

Same sound, different letters: mangeur vs mangeurs

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.

7 ch
mangeur
8 ch
mangeurs

Same sound, different spelling - mangeur / mangeurs

This is the hard kind. mangeur and mangeurs are pronounced identically (\mɑ̃.ʒœʁ\) 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) - “mangeur” sits inside “mangeurs”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64024, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mangeur is recorded at frequency rank #31,131, classified as anoun, pronounced \mɑ̃.ʒœʁ\. mangeurs is at rank #32,893, tagged as anoun, pronounced \mɑ̃.ʒœʁ\.

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 64024, this pair ranks #79,062 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of mangeur vs mangeurs

Shared letters: aegmnru. Private to "mangeur": -. Private to "mangeurs": s.

"mangeur" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC  ·  "mangeurs" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • mangeuramngeur · magneur · manegur · mangeru · mangeurr · manggeur · manguer · manngeur
  • mangeursamngeurs · magneurs · manegurs · mangerus · mangeurrs · mangeurss · mangeusr · manggeurs

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "mangeur" and "mangeurs" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are pronounced the same (\mɑ̃.ʒœʁ\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Frequency check: "mangeur" vs "mangeurs" - which ranks higher?
"mangeur" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #31,131 in our French list, against #32,893 for "mangeurs". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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 "mangeur" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "mangeurs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #79,062 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mangeur" and "mangeurs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mangeurs vs mangues". 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 #79,062 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list