Which to use
“nageur” and “nageurs” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,205
- “nageur” frequency rank
- #21,701
- “nageurs” frequency rank
- 41906
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | nageur | nageurs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui nage ; qui sait nager. | Masculin pluriel de nageur. |
Same sound, different letters: nageur vs nageurs
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. nageur runs 6 letters (CVCVVC) against nageurs's 7 (CVCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: nageur vs nageurs
This is the hard kind. nageur and nageurs are pronounced identically (\na.ʒœʁ\) 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) - “nageur” sits inside “nageurs”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41906, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
nageur is recorded at frequency rank #20,205, classified as anadj, pronounced \na.ʒœʁ\. nageurs is at rank #21,701, tagged as anadj, pronounced \na.ʒœʁ\.
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 41906, this pair ranks #229,680 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of nageur vs nageurs
Shared letters: aegnru. Private to "nageur": -. Private to "nageurs": s.
"nageur" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "nageurs" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "nageur" for "nageurs" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "nageur" or "nageurs" show up more?
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 "nageur" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "nageurs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #229,680 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "nageur" and "nageurs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "nageurs vs nageuse". 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 #229,680 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.