Which to use
“monastère” and “monastères” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,462
- “monastère” frequency rank
- #17,484
- “monastères” frequency rank
- 24946
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | monastère | monastères |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Couvent, lieu habité par des moines, des moniales ou religieuses. | Pluriel de monastère. |
Same sound, different letters: monastère vs monastères
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. monastère runs 9 letters (CVCVCCVCV) against monastères's 10 (CVCVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - monastère and monastères
This is the hard kind. monastère and monastères are pronounced identically (\mɔ.nas.tɛʁ\) 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) - “monastère” sits inside “monastères”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24946, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
monastère is recorded at frequency rank #7,462, classified as anoun, pronounced \mɔ.nas.tɛʁ\. monastères is at rank #17,484, tagged as anoun, pronounced \mɔ.nas.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 24946, this pair ranks #343,648 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of monastère vs monastères
Shared letters: aemnorstè. Private to "monastère": -. Private to "monastères": -.
"monastère" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCV · "monastères" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "monastère" and "monastères" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "monastère" or "monastères"?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "monastère" / "monastères". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "monastère" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "monastères" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #343,648 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "monastère" and "monastères" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ministères vs monastères". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #343,648 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.