Which to use
“ordinateur” is an adjective and “ordinateurs” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,631
- “ordinateur” frequency rank
- #6,421
- “ordinateurs” frequency rank
- 9052
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ordinateur | ordinateurs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui ordonne. | Pluriel de ordinateur. |
Same sound, different letters: ordinateur vs ordinateurs
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters.
Homophone desk: ordinateur vs ordinateurs
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: ordinateur and ordinateurs carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ɔʁ.di.na.tœʁ\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other anoun, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “ordinateur” sits inside “ordinateurs”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9052, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ordinateur is recorded at frequency rank #2,631, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɔʁ.di.na.tœʁ\. ordinateurs is at rank #6,421, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɔʁ.di.na.tœʁ\.
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 9052, this pair ranks #417,953 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of ordinateur vs ordinateurs
Shared letters: adeinortu. Private to "ordinateur": -. Private to "ordinateurs": s.
"ordinateur" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCVCVVC · "ordinateurs" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- ordinateur ← odrinateur · orddinateur · ordianteur · ordinaetur · ordinateru · ordinateurr · ordinatteur · ordinatuer
- ordinateurs ← odrinateurs · orddinateurs · ordianteurs · ordinaeturs · ordinaterus · ordinateurrs · ordinateurss · ordinateusr
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "ordinateur" for "ordinateurs" ever safe?
Frequency check: "ordinateur" vs "ordinateurs" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
"ordinateur" and "ordinateurs" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "ordinateur" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ordinateurs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #417,953 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ordinateur" and "ordinateurs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ordinateur vs ordonnateur". 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 #417,953 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.