Which to use
“marcheur” and “marcheurs” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #36,952
- “marcheur” frequency rank
- #22,327
- “marcheurs” frequency rank
- 59279
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | marcheur | marcheurs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Celui qui sait marcher, qui est doté de la capacité de marcher. | Pluriel de marcheur. |
Same sound, different letters: marcheur vs marcheurs
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. marcheur runs 8 letters (CVCCCVVC) against marcheurs's 9 (CVCCCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - marcheur and marcheurs
This is the hard kind. marcheur and marcheurs are pronounced identically (\maʁ.ʃœʁ\) 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) - “marcheur” sits inside “marcheurs”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59279, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
marcheur is recorded at frequency rank #36,952, classified as anoun, pronounced \maʁ.ʃœʁ\. marcheurs is at rank #22,327, tagged as anoun, pronounced \maʁ.ʃœʁ\.
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 59279, this pair ranks #104,060 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of marcheur vs marcheurs
Shared letters: acehmru. Private to "marcheur": -. Private to "marcheurs": s.
"marcheur" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVVC · "marcheurs" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "marcheur" and "marcheurs" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "marcheur" or "marcheurs" show up more?
Useful next steps
"marcheur" and "marcheurs" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "marcheur" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "marcheurs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #104,060 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "marcheur" and "marcheurs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mâcher vs marcheur". 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 #104,060 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.