Which to use
“mouchoir” and “mouchoirs” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,487
- “mouchoir” frequency rank
- #23,286
- “mouchoirs” frequency rank
- 40773
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mouchoir | mouchoirs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Carré de tissu (principalement de coton ou de cellulose) dont on se sert pour se moucher et essuyer diverses choses. | Pluriel de mouchoir. |
Same sound, different letters: mouchoir vs mouchoirs
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. mouchoir runs 8 letters (CVVCCVVC) against mouchoirs's 9 (CVVCCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: mouchoir vs mouchoirs
This is the hard kind. mouchoir and mouchoirs are pronounced identically (\mu.ʃwaʁ\) 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) - “mouchoir” sits inside “mouchoirs”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40773, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mouchoir is recorded at frequency rank #17,487, classified as anoun, pronounced \mu.ʃwaʁ\. mouchoirs is at rank #23,286, tagged as anoun, pronounced \mu.ʃwaʁ\.
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 40773, this pair ranks #238,001 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of mouchoir vs mouchoirs
Shared letters: chimoru. Private to "mouchoir": -. Private to "mouchoirs": s.
"mouchoir" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVVC · "mouchoirs" · 9 letters · shape CVVCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "mouchoir" and "mouchoirs" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "mouchoir" vs "mouchoirs" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "mouchoir" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mouchoirs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #238,001 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mouchoir" and "mouchoirs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mouchoir vs mouvoir". 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 #238,001 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.