Which to use
“membre” and “membres” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,034
- “membre” frequency rank
- #480
- “membres” frequency rank
- 1514
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | membre | membres |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Partie extérieure du corps d’un être humain ou d’un animal, distinguée de toutes les autres par quelque fonction particulière. Note d’usage : Se dit principalement des bras et des jambes ; ne se dit jamais de la tête. | Pluriel de membre. |
Same sound, different letters: membre vs membres
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. membre runs 6 letters (CVCCCV) against membres's 7 (CVCCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - membre / membres
This is the hard kind. membre and membres are pronounced identically (\mɑ̃bʁ\) 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) - “membre” sits inside “membres”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 1514, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
membre is recorded at frequency rank #1,034, classified as anoun, pronounced \mɑ̃bʁ\. membres is at rank #480, tagged as anoun, pronounced \mɑ̃bʁ\.
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 1514, this pair ranks #437,915 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of membre vs membres
Shared letters: bemr. Private to "membre": -. Private to "membres": s.
"membre" · 6 letters · shape CVCCCV · "membres" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "membre" and "membres" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "membre" or "membres" show up more?
Useful next steps
"membre" and "membres" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "membre" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "membres" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #437,915 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "membre" and "membres" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "membre vs meutre". 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 #437,915 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.