neutrevsnostreTell them apart

Quick tell: neutre is a adjective, nostre is a determiner, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“neutre” is an adjective and “nostre” is a determiner - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#5,371
“neutre” frequency rank
#49,251
“nostre” frequency rank
54622
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature neutre nostre
Definition Qui ne prend pas parti, qui ne doit pas prendre parti dans un conflit, dans un débat, etc. Variante de notre.

Letter map: neutre vs nostre

Shared letters muted; letters that set neutre and nostre apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. neutre (CVVCCV) and nostre (CVCCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

6 ch
neutre
6 ch
nostre

Role in the sentence - neutre and nostre

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: neutre is anadjective and nostreadeterminer. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54622, 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\. nostre is at rank #49,251, tagged as adet.

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 54622, this pair ranks #132,761 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of neutre vs nostre

Shared letters: enrt. Private to "neutre": u. Private to "nostre": os.

"neutre" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV  ·  "nostre" · 6 letters · shape CVCCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • neutre ← enutre · neture · neurte · neuter · neutrre · neuttre · nneutre · nuetre
  • nostre ← nnostre · nosrte · nosstre · noster · nostrre · nosttre · notsre · nsotre

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "neutre" and "nostre" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "neutre" is an adjective and "nostre" a determiner, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "neutre" vs "nostre" - which ranks higher?
"neutre" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,371 in our French list, against #49,251 for "nostre". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "neutre" and "nostre". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "neutre" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "nostre" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #132,761 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "neutre" and "nostre" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "nostra vs nostre". 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 #132,761 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