Which to use
“nourrie” and “nourris” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #22,956
- “nourrie” frequency rank
- #12,627
- “nourris” frequency rank
- 35583
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | nourrie | nourris |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de nourri. | Masculin pluriel de nourri. |
Same sound, different letters: nourrie vs nourris
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. nourrie (CVVCCVV) and nourris (CVVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Homophone desk: nourrie vs nourris
This is the hard kind. nourrie and nourris 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 a single letter - e in “nourrie” becomes s in “nourris”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35583, 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\. nourris is at rank #12,627, 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 35583, this pair ranks #275,673 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of nourrie vs nourris
Shared letters: inoru. Private to "nourrie": e. Private to "nourris": s.
"nourrie" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVV · "nourris" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "nourrie" and "nourris" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "nourrie" vs "nourris" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "nourrie" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "nourris" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #275,673 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "nourrie" and "nourris" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "nourrie 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 #275,673 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.