Which to use
“neutre” and “neutres” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,371
- “neutre” frequency rank
- #14,100
- “neutres” frequency rank
- 19471
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | neutre | neutres |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui ne prend pas parti, qui ne doit pas prendre parti dans un conflit, dans un débat, etc. | Pluriel de neutre. |
Same sound, different letters: neutre vs neutres
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. neutre runs 6 letters (CVVCCV) against neutres's 7 (CVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: neutre vs neutres
This is the hard kind. neutre and neutres are pronounced identically (\nøtʁ\) 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) - “neutre” sits inside “neutres”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19471, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
neutre is recorded at frequency rank #5,371, classified as anadj, pronounced \nøtʁ\. neutres is at rank #14,100, tagged as anadj, pronounced \nøtʁ\.
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 19471, this pair ranks #373,108 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of neutre vs neutres
Shared letters: enrtu. Private to "neutre": -. Private to "neutres": s.
"neutre" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV · "neutres" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "neutre" and "neutres" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "neutre" vs "neutres" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
"neutre" and "neutres" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "neutre" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "neutres" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #373,108 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "neutre" and "neutres" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "neutres vs Neutron". 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 #373,108 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.