Which to use
“noyer” and “noyers” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,204
- “noyer” frequency rank
- #43,034
- “noyers” frequency rank
- 52238
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | noyer | noyers |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nom usuel des arbres du genre Juglans, Grands arbres à feuilles caduques alternes imparipennées, aux petites fleurs femelles verdâtres réunies par deux à quatre et donnant des noix (drupes indéhiscentes). (note : Utilisé seul, en Europe francophone, le mot noyer désigne généralement Juglans regia ou noyer commun, noyer royal.) | Pluriel de noyer. |
Same sound, different letters: noyer vs noyers
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. noyer runs 5 letters (CVVVC) against noyers's 6 (CVVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: noyer vs noyers
This is the hard kind. noyer and noyers are pronounced identically (\nwa.je\) 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) - “noyer” sits inside “noyers”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52238, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
noyer is recorded at frequency rank #9,204, classified as anoun, pronounced \nwa.je\. noyers is at rank #43,034, tagged as anoun, pronounced \nwa.je\.
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 52238, this pair ranks #149,121 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of noyer vs noyers
Shared letters: enory. Private to "noyer": -. Private to "noyers": s.
"noyer" · 5 letters · shape CVVVC · "noyers" · 6 letters · shape CVVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "noyer" and "noyers" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "noyer" or "noyers" show up more?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "noyer" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "noyers" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #149,121 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "noyer" and "noyers" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "noués vs noyers". 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 #149,121 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.