Which to use
“odeur” and “odeurs” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,154
- “odeur” frequency rank
- #13,022
- “odeurs” frequency rank
- 16176
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | odeur | odeurs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Sensation que produisent sur l’odorat les émanations des corps. | Pluriel de odeur. |
Where the eye mixes odeur and odeurs
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: odeur vs odeurs
A purely visual mix-up. odeur (\o.dœʁ\) and odeurs (\ɔ.dœʁ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “odeur” sits inside “odeurs”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16176, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
odeur is recorded at frequency rank #3,154, classified as anoun, pronounced \o.dœʁ\. odeurs is at rank #13,022, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɔ.dœʁ\.
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 16176, this pair ranks #389,019 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of odeur vs odeurs
Shared letters: deoru. Private to "odeur": -. Private to "odeurs": s.
"odeur" · 5 letters · shape VCVVC · "odeurs" · 6 letters · shape VCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "odeur" for "odeurs" ever safe?
Which is more common, "odeur" or "odeurs"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "odeur" and "odeurs" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "odeur" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "odeurs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #389,019 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "odeur" and "odeurs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "oder vs odeurs". 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 #389,019 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.