Which to use
“micro” and “micros” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,683
- “micro” frequency rank
- #17,766
- “micros” frequency rank
- 20449
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | micro | micros |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Microphone. | Pluriel de micro. |
Same sound, different letters: micro vs micros
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters.
Homophone desk: micro vs micros
This is the hard kind. micro and micros are pronounced identically (\mi.kʁo\) 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) - “micro” sits inside “micros”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20449, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
micro is recorded at frequency rank #2,683, classified as anoun, pronounced \mi.kʁo\. micros is at rank #17,766, tagged as anoun, pronounced \mi.kʁo\.
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 20449, this pair ranks #368,204 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of micro vs micros
Shared letters: cimor. Private to "micro": -. Private to "micros": s.
"micro" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "micros" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "micro" for "micros" ever safe?
Frequency check: "micro" vs "micros" - 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 "micro" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "micros" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #368,204 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "micro" and "micros" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "macros vs micros". 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 #368,204 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.