Which to use
“objective” and “objectives” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,432
- “objective” frequency rank
- #27,154
- “objectives” frequency rank
- 39586
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | objective | objectives |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de objectif. | Féminin pluriel de objectif. |
Same sound, different letters: objective vs objectives
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - objective / objectives
This is the hard kind. objective and objectives are pronounced identically (\ɔb.ʒɛk.tiv\) 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) - “objective” sits inside “objectives”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39586, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
objective is recorded at frequency rank #12,432, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɔb.ʒɛk.tiv\. objectives is at rank #27,154, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɔb.ʒɛk.tiv\.
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 39586, this pair ranks #246,873 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of objective vs objectives
Shared letters: bceijotv. Private to "objective": -. Private to "objectives": s.
"objective" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCV · "objectives" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- objective ← bojective · obbjective · obejctive · objcetive · objecctive · objecitve · objectiev · objectivve
- objectives ← bojectives · obbjectives · obejctives · objcetives · objecctives · objecitves · objectievs · objectivess
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "objective" for "objectives" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "objective" or "objectives" show up more?
Useful next steps
"objective" and "objectives" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "objective" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "objectives" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #246,873 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "objective" and "objectives" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "objections vs objectives". 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 #246,873 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.