Which to use
“nostre” is a determiner and “nôtres” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #49,251
- “nostre” frequency rank
- #9,709
- “nôtres” frequency rank
- 58960
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | nostre | nôtres |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Variante de notre. | Folies, bons tours, bons divertissements. |
Letter map: nostre vs nôtres
Shared letters muted; letters that set nostre and nôtres apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. nostre (CVCCCV) and nôtres (CVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Grammar separator: nostre vs nôtres
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: nostre is adeterminer and nôtresanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 5 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58960, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
nostre is recorded at frequency rank #49,251, classified as adet. nôtres is at rank #9,709, tagged as anoun, pronounced \notʁ\.
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 58960, this pair ranks #105,905 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of nostre vs nôtres
Shared letters: enrst. Private to "nostre": o. Private to "nôtres": ô.
"nostre" · 6 letters · shape CVCCCV · "nôtres" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- nostre ← nnostre · nosrte · nosstre · noster · nostrre · nosttre · notsre · nsotre
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "nostre" for "nôtres" ever safe?
Frequency check: "nostre" vs "nôtres" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "nostre" and "nôtres".
- Full dictionary entry for "nostre" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "nôtres" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #105,905 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "nostre" and "nôtres" 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 #105,905 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.