Which to use
“mitrailleuse” and “mitrailleuses” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #28,254
- “mitrailleuse” frequency rank
- #23,284
- “mitrailleuses” frequency rank
- 51538
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mitrailleuse | mitrailleuses |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Arme à feu automatique, disposée de manière à envoyer des balles avec une très grande rapidité. | Pluriel de mitrailleuse. |
Same sound, different letters: mitrailleuse vs mitrailleuses
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 12 letters. mitrailleuse runs 12 letters (CVCCVVCCVVCV) against mitrailleuses's 13 (CVCCVVCCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - mitrailleuse and mitrailleuses
This is the hard kind. mitrailleuse and mitrailleuses are pronounced identically (\mi.tʁa.jøz\) 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) - “mitrailleuse” sits inside “mitrailleuses”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51538, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mitrailleuse is recorded at frequency rank #28,254, classified as anoun, pronounced \mi.tʁa.jøz\. mitrailleuses is at rank #23,284, tagged as anoun, pronounced \mi.tʁa.jøz\.
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 51538, this pair ranks #154,272 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of mitrailleuse vs mitrailleuses
Shared letters: aeilmrstu. Private to "mitrailleuse": -. Private to "mitrailleuses": -.
"mitrailleuse" · 12 letters · shape CVCCVVCCVVCV · "mitrailleuses" · 13 letters · shape CVCCVVCCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- mitrailleuse ← imtrailleuse · mirtailleuse · mitarilleuse · mitraileluse · mitraileuse · mitraillesue · mitrailleues · mitrailluese
- mitrailleuses ← imtrailleuses · mirtailleuses · mitarilleuses · mitraileluses · mitraileuses · mitraillesues · mitrailleuess · mitrailleusess
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "mitrailleuse" and "mitrailleuses" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "mitrailleuse" or "mitrailleuses"?
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 "mitrailleuse" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mitrailleuses" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #154,272 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mitrailleuse" and "mitrailleuses" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mitrailleur vs mitrailleuse". 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 #154,272 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.