Which to use
“ministre” and “ministres” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #434
- “ministre” frequency rank
- #2,433
- “ministres” frequency rank
- 2867
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ministre | ministres |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Personne chargée de remplir une fonction pour le compte d’autrui. | Pluriel de ministre. |
Same sound, different letters: ministre vs ministres
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. ministre runs 8 letters (CVCVCCCV) against ministres's 9 (CVCVCCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - ministre and ministres
This is the hard kind. ministre and ministres are pronounced identically (\mi.nistʁ\) 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) - “ministre” sits inside “ministres”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 2867, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ministre is recorded at frequency rank #434, classified as anoun, pronounced \mi.nistʁ\. ministres is at rank #2,433, tagged as anoun, pronounced \mi.nistʁ\.
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 2867, this pair ranks #435,322 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of ministre vs ministres
Shared letters: eimnrst. Private to "ministre": -. Private to "ministres": -.
"ministre" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCCV · "ministres" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "ministre" and "ministres" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "ministre" or "ministres"?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "ministre" / "ministres". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "ministre" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ministres" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #435,322 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ministre" and "ministres" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "minister vs ministres". 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 #435,322 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.