Which to use
“mercredi” and “mercredis” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,484
- “mercredi” frequency rank
- #25,731
- “mercredis” frequency rank
- 27215
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mercredi | mercredis |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième jour de la semaine. Suit le mardi et précède le jeudi | Pluriel de mercredi. |
Same sound, different letters: mercredi vs mercredis
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. mercredi runs 8 letters (CVCCCVCV) against mercredis's 9 (CVCCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: mercredi vs mercredis
This is the hard kind. mercredi and mercredis are pronounced identically (\mɛʁ.kʁə.di\) 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) - “mercredi” sits inside “mercredis”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27215, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mercredi is recorded at frequency rank #1,484, classified as anoun, pronounced \mɛʁ.kʁə.di\. mercredis is at rank #25,731, tagged as anoun, pronounced \mɛʁ.kʁə.di\.
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 27215, this pair ranks #330,391 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of mercredi vs mercredis
Shared letters: cdeimr. Private to "mercredi": -. Private to "mercredis": s.
"mercredi" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVCV · "mercredis" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "mercredi" for "mercredis" ever safe?
Frequency check: "mercredi" vs "mercredis" - 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 "mercredi" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mercredis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #330,391 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mercredi" and "mercredis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Mercedes vs mercredis". 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 #330,391 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.