nostrevsnôtresWhat's the difference?

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

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.

6 ch
nostre
6 ch
nôtres

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

  • nostrennostre · nosrte · nosstre · noster · nostrre · nosttre · notsre · nsotre

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "nostre" for "nôtres" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "nostre" is a determiner and "nôtres" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "nostre" vs "nôtres" - which ranks higher?
"nôtres" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,709 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

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list