Which to use
“nourrisson” and “nourrissons” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,798
- “nourrisson” frequency rank
- #23,625
- “nourrissons” frequency rank
- 44423
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | nourrisson | nourrissons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Enfant (garçon ou fille) qu’une femme nourrit de son lait. | Pluriel de nourrisson. |
Same sound, different letters: nourrisson vs nourrissons
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters. nourrisson runs 10 letters (CVVCCVCCVC) against nourrissons's 11 (CVVCCVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: nourrisson vs nourrissons
This is the hard kind. nourrisson and nourrissons are pronounced identically (\nu.ʁi.sɔ̃\) and both work as anoun. 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) - “nourrisson” sits inside “nourrissons”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44423, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
nourrisson is recorded at frequency rank #20,798, classified as anoun, pronounced \nu.ʁi.sɔ̃\. nourrissons is at rank #23,625, tagged as anoun, pronounced \nu.ʁi.sɔ̃\.
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 44423, this pair ranks #210,584 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of nourrisson vs nourrissons
Shared letters: inorsu. Private to "nourrisson": -. Private to "nourrissons": -.
"nourrisson" · 10 letters · shape CVVCCVCCVC · "nourrissons" · 11 letters · shape CVVCCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- nourrisson ← nnourrisson · norurisson · nourirsson · nourisson · nourrison · nourrisosn · nourrissno · nourrissonn
- nourrissons ← nnourrissons · norurissons · nourirssons · nourissons · nourrisons · nourrisosns · nourrissnos · nourrissonns
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "nourrisson" and "nourrissons" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "nourrisson" or "nourrissons"?
What to do next
"nourrisson" and "nourrissons" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "nourrisson" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "nourrissons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #210,584 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "nourrisson" and "nourrissons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "nourrissant vs nourrissons". 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 #210,584 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.