Which to use
“narratif” and “narratifs” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #21,702
- “narratif” frequency rank
- #41,918
- “narratifs” frequency rank
- 63620
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | narratif | narratifs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui appartient à la narration. | Masculin pluriel de narratif. |
Same sound, different letters: narratif vs narratifs
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. narratif runs 8 letters (CVCCVCVC) against narratifs's 9 (CVCCVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - narratif and narratifs
This is the hard kind. narratif and narratifs are pronounced identically (\na.ʁa.tif\) 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) - “narratif” sits inside “narratifs”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63620, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
narratif is recorded at frequency rank #21,702, classified as anadj, pronounced \na.ʁa.tif\. narratifs is at rank #41,918, tagged as anadj, pronounced \na.ʁa.tif\.
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 63620, this pair ranks #81,071 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of narratif vs narratifs
Shared letters: afinrt. Private to "narratif": -. Private to "narratifs": s.
"narratif" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC · "narratifs" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "narratif" for "narratifs" ever safe?
Which is more common, "narratif" or "narratifs"?
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 "narratif" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "narratifs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #81,071 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "narratif" and "narratifs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "narratifs vs narratives". 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 #81,071 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.