Which to use
“mémorable” and “mémorables” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,432
- “mémorable” frequency rank
- #26,099
- “mémorables” frequency rank
- 39531
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mémorable | mémorables |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est digne de mémoire, qui mérite d’être conservé dans la mémoire, qui est remarquable. | Pluriel de mémorable. |
Same sound, different letters: mémorable vs mémorables
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. mémorable runs 9 letters (CVCVCVCCV) against mémorables's 10 (CVCVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - mémorable / mémorables
This is the hard kind. mémorable and mémorables are pronounced identically (\me.mɔ.ʁabl\) 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) - “mémorable” sits inside “mémorables”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39531, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mémorable is recorded at frequency rank #13,432, classified as anadj, pronounced \me.mɔ.ʁabl\. mémorables is at rank #26,099, tagged as anadj, pronounced \me.mɔ.ʁabl\.
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 39531, this pair ranks #247,259 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of mémorable vs mémorables
Shared letters: abelmoré. Private to "mémorable": -. Private to "mémorables": s.
"mémorable" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCCV · "mémorables" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "mémorable" and "mémorables" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "mémorable" vs "mémorables" - which ranks higher?
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 "mémorable" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mémorables" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #247,259 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mémorable" and "mémorables" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mémorables vs mesurables". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #247,259 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.