Which to use
“notes” and “nôtres” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,747
- “notes” frequency rank
- #9,709
- “nôtres” frequency rank
- 11456
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | notes | nôtres |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de note. | Folies, bons tours, bons divertissements. |
Where the eye mixes notes and nôtres
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses notes with nôtres
A purely visual mix-up. notes (\nɔt\) and nôtres (\notʁ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11456, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
notes is recorded at frequency rank #1,747, classified as anoun, pronounced \nɔt\. 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 11456, this pair ranks #409,088 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of notes vs nôtres
Shared letters: enst. Private to "notes": o. Private to "nôtres": rô.
"notes" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "nôtres" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- notes ← nnotes · noets · notess · notse · nottes · ntoes · ontes
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "notes" and "nôtres" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "notes" vs "nôtres" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "notes" and "nôtres" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "notes" 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 #409,088 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "notes" and "nôtres" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "nôtres vs noués". 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 #409,088 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.