Which to use
“militaire” and “militaires” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,118
- “militaire” frequency rank
- #1,600
- “militaires” frequency rank
- 2718
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | militaire | militaires |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui concerne la guerre ou les armées. | Pluriel de militaire. |
Same sound, different letters: militaire vs militaires
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. militaire runs 9 letters (CVCVCVVCV) against militaires's 10 (CVCVCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - militaire and militaires
This is the hard kind. militaire and militaires are pronounced identically (\mi.li.tɛʁ\) 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) - “militaire” sits inside “militaires”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 2718, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
militaire is recorded at frequency rank #1,118, classified as anadj, pronounced \mi.li.tɛʁ\. militaires is at rank #1,600, tagged as anadj, pronounced \mi.li.tɛʁ\.
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 2718, this pair ranks #435,608 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of militaire vs militaires
Shared letters: aeilmrt. Private to "militaire": -. Private to "militaires": s.
"militaire" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVVCV · "militaires" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- militaire ← imlitaire · miiltaire · miliatire · militaier · militairre · militarie · militiare · milittaire
- militaires ← imlitaires · miiltaires · miliatires · militaiers · militairess · militairres · militairse · militaries
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "militaire" for "militaires" ever safe?
Frequency check: "militaire" vs "militaires" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "militaire" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "militaires" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #435,608 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "militaire" and "militaires" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "militaire vs militari". 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 #435,608 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.