Which to use
“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.
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
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "mangeur" and "mangeurs" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "mangeur" vs "mangeurs" - which ranks higher?
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.