moléculaire vs moléculaires

Which to use

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

#14,089
“moléculaire” frequency rank: #30,266
“moléculaires” frequency rank: 44355
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	moléculaire	moléculaires
Definition	Qui a rapport aux molécules.	Pluriel de moléculaire.

Same sound, different letters: moléculaire vs moléculaires

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

11 ch

moléculaire

12 ch

moléculaires

Same sound, different spelling - moléculaire / moléculaires

This is the hard kind. moléculaire and moléculaires are pronounced identically (\mɔ.le.ky.lɛʁ\) 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) - “moléculaire” sits inside “moléculaires”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44355, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

moléculaire is recorded at frequency rank #14,089, classified as anadj, pronounced \mɔ.le.ky.lɛʁ\. moléculaires is at rank #30,266, tagged as anadj, pronounced \mɔ.le.ky.lɛʁ\.

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 44355, this pair ranks #211,048 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of moléculaire vs moléculaires

Shared letters: aceilmorué. Private to "moléculaire": -. Private to "moléculaires": s.

"moléculaire" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCVCVVCV · "moléculaires" · 12 letters · shape CVCVCVCVVCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "moléculaire" and "moléculaires" mean the same thing in a sentence?

No. They are pronounced the same (\mɔ.le.ky.lɛʁ\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.

In ordinary French text, does "moléculaire" or "moléculaires" show up more?

"moléculaire" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,089 in our French list, against #30,266 for "moléculaires". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

"moléculaire" and "moléculaires" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.

Full dictionary entry for "moléculaire" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "moléculaires" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #211,048 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics

Confusion rank #211,048 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.