Which to use
“médiateur” and “médiateurs” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,012
- “médiateur” frequency rank
- #27,535
- “médiateurs” frequency rank
- 40547
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | médiateur | médiateurs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui opère la médiation. | Masculin pluriel de médiateur. |
Same sound, different letters: médiateur vs médiateurs
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. médiateur runs 9 letters (CVCVVCVVC) against médiateurs's 10 (CVCVVCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - médiateur / médiateurs
This is the hard kind. médiateur and médiateurs are pronounced identically (\me.dja.tœʁ\) 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) - “médiateur” sits inside “médiateurs”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40547, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
médiateur is recorded at frequency rank #13,012, classified as anadj, pronounced \me.dja.tœʁ\. médiateurs is at rank #27,535, tagged as anadj, pronounced \me.dja.tœʁ\.
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 40547, this pair ranks #239,685 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of médiateur vs médiateurs
Shared letters: adeimrtué. Private to "médiateur": -. Private to "médiateurs": s.
"médiateur" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVCVVC · "médiateurs" · 10 letters · shape CVCVVCVVCC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "médiateur" for "médiateurs" ever safe?
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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 "médiateur" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "médiateurs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #239,685 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "médiateur" and "médiateurs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "médiateur vs méditer". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #239,685 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.