navigateurvsnavigateursTell them apart

Quick tell: navigateur is a noun, navigateurs is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“navigateur” is a noun and “navigateurs” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#9,355
“navigateur” frequency rank
#18,007
“navigateurs” frequency rank
27362
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature navigateur navigateurs
Definition Celui qui a fait sur mer des voyages de long cours. Masculin pluriel de navigateur.

Same sound, different letters: navigateur vs navigateurs

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters. navigateur runs 10 letters (CVCVCVCVVC) against navigateurs's 11 (CVCVCVCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

10 ch
navigateur
11 ch
navigateurs

Homophone desk: navigateur vs navigateurs

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: navigateur and navigateurs carry the same recorded pronunciation, \na.vi.ɡa.tœʁ\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “navigateur” sits inside “navigateurs”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27362, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

navigateur is recorded at frequency rank #9,355, classified as anoun, pronounced \na.vi.ɡa.tœʁ\. navigateurs is at rank #18,007, tagged as anadj, pronounced \na.vi.ɡa.tœʁ\.

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 27362, this pair ranks #329,467 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of navigateur vs navigateurs

Shared letters: aeginrtuv. Private to "navigateur": -. Private to "navigateurs": s.

"navigateur" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCVVC  ·  "navigateurs" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCVCVVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • navigateur ← anvigateur · naivgateur · navgiateur · naviagteur · navigaetur · navigateru · navigateurr · navigatteur
  • navigateurs ← anvigateurs · naivgateurs · navgiateurs · naviagteurs · navigaeturs · navigaterus · navigateurrs · navigateurss

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "navigateur" and "navigateurs" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "navigateur" is a noun and "navigateurs" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "navigateur" vs "navigateurs" - which ranks higher?
"navigateur" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,355 in our French list, against #18,007 for "navigateurs". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.

  • Full dictionary entry for "navigateur" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "navigateurs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #329,467 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • 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 #329,467 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list