Which to use
“odeurs” and “ours” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,022
- “odeurs” frequency rank
- #4,358
- “ours” frequency rank
- 17380
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | odeurs | ours |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de odeur. | Plantigrade, carnassier ou omnivore, à fourrure épaisse, de la famille des ursidés. |
Where the eye mixes odeurs and ours
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: odeurs vs ours
A purely visual mix-up. odeurs (\ɔ.dœʁ\) and ours (\uʁs\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17380, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
odeurs is recorded at frequency rank #13,022, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɔ.dœʁ\. ours is at rank #4,358, tagged as anoun, pronounced \uʁs\.
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 17380, this pair ranks #383,467 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of odeurs vs ours
Shared letters: orsu. Private to "odeurs": de. Private to "ours": -.
"odeurs" · 6 letters · shape VCVVCC · "ours" · 4 letters · shape VVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "odeurs" for "ours" ever safe?
Frequency check: "odeurs" vs "ours" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "odeurs" and "ours" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "odeurs" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ours" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #383,467 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "odeurs" and "ours" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ours vs outrés". 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 #383,467 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.