Which to use
“nourrie” and “nourries” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #22,956
- “nourrie” frequency rank
- #41,929
- “nourries” frequency rank
- 64885
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | nourrie | nourries |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de nourri. | Féminin pluriel de nourri. |
Same sound, different letters: nourrie vs nourries
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. nourrie runs 7 letters (CVVCCVV) against nourries's 8 (CVVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: nourrie vs nourries
This is the hard kind. nourrie and nourries are pronounced identically (\nu.ʁi\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “nourrie” sits inside “nourries”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64885, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
nourrie is recorded at frequency rank #22,956, classified as anadj, pronounced \nu.ʁi\. nourries is at rank #41,929, tagged as anadj, pronounced \nu.ʁi\.
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 64885, this pair ranks #74,894 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of nourrie vs nourries
Shared letters: einoru. Private to "nourrie": -. Private to "nourries": s.
"nourrie" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVV · "nourries" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "nourrie" and "nourries" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "nourrie" vs "nourries" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
"nourrie" and "nourries" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "nourrie" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "nourries" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #74,894 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "nourrie" and "nourries" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "nourrice vs nourries". 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 #74,894 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.