mésaventure vs mésaventures

Which to use

“mésaventure” and “mésaventures” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#30,274
“mésaventure” frequency rank: #34,634
“mésaventures” frequency rank: 64908
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	mésaventure	mésaventures
Definition	Événement fâcheux.	Pluriel de mésaventure.

Same sound, different letters: mésaventure vs mésaventures

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 11 letters. mésaventure runs 11 letters (CVCVCVCCVCV) against mésaventures's 12 (CVCVCVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

11 ch

mésaventure

12 ch

mésaventures

Same sound, different spelling - mésaventure / mésaventures

This is the hard kind. mésaventure and mésaventures are pronounced identically (\me.za.vɑ̃.tyʁ\) 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) - “mésaventure” sits inside “mésaventures”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64908, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mésaventure is recorded at frequency rank #30,274, classified as anoun, pronounced \me.za.vɑ̃.tyʁ\. mésaventures is at rank #34,634, tagged as anoun, pronounced \me.za.vɑ̃.tyʁ\.

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 64908, this pair ranks #74,763 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of mésaventure vs mésaventures

Shared letters: aemnrstuvé. Private to "mésaventure": -. Private to "mésaventures": -.

"mésaventure" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCVCCVCV · "mésaventures" · 12 letters · shape CVCVCVCCVCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "mésaventure" and "mésaventures" mean the same thing in a sentence?

No. They are pronounced the same (\me.za.vɑ̃.tyʁ\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.

Frequency check: "mésaventure" vs "mésaventures" - which ranks higher?

"mésaventure" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #30,274 in our French list, against #34,634 for "mésaventures". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've separated the homophone pair "mésaventure" / "mésaventures". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.

Full dictionary entry for "mésaventure" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "mésaventures" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #74,763 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics

Confusion rank #74,763 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.