Which to use
“nostra” is an adjective and “nostre” is a determiner - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #36,069
- “nostra” frequency rank
- #49,251
- “nostre” frequency rank
- 85320
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | nostra | nostre |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin de nostro | Variante de notre. |
Letter map: nostra vs nostre
Shared letters muted; letters that set nostra and nostre apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.
Part-of-speech tell for nostra / nostre
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: nostra is anadjective and nostreadeterminer. On the page they differ by a single letter - a in “nostra” becomes e in “nostre”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 85320, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
nostra is recorded at frequency rank #36,069, classified as anadj, pronounced \ˈnɔ.stra\. 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 85320, this pair ranks #11,537 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of nostra vs nostre
Shared letters: norst. Private to "nostra": a. Private to "nostre": e.
"nostra" · 6 letters · shape CVCCCV · "nostre" · 6 letters · shape CVCCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "nostra" and "nostre" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "nostra" or "nostre"?
What to do next
Pair "nostra" vs "nostre" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "nostra" 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 #11,537 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "nostra" and "nostre" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "naitre 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 #11,537 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.