noticesvsnôtresWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

“notices” and “nôtres” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#19,079
“notices” frequency rank
#9,709
“nôtres” frequency rank
28788
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature notices nôtres
Definition Pluriel de notice. Folies, bons tours, bons divertissements.

Where the eye mixes notices and nôtres

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. notices runs 7 letters (CVCVCVC) against nôtres's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
notices
6 ch
nôtres

Visual trap between notices and nôtres

A purely visual mix-up. notices (\nɔ.tis\) 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 28788, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

notices is recorded at frequency rank #19,079, classified as anoun, pronounced \nɔ.tis\. 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 28788, this pair ranks #320,714 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of notices vs nôtres

Shared letters: enst. Private to "notices": cio. Private to "nôtres": rô.

"notices" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "nôtres" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • notices ← nnotices · noitces · notcies · noticces · noticess · noticse · notiecs · nottices

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "notices" for "nôtres" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\nɔ.tis\ versus \notʁ\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "notices" 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 #19,079 for "notices". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "notices" and "nôtres" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "notices" 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 #320,714 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "notices" 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 #320,714 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