Which to use
“palmier” and “palmiers” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #21,716
- “palmier” frequency rank
- #17,215
- “palmiers” frequency rank
- 38931
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | palmier | palmiers |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Plante monocotylédone originaire des régions chaudes (Phanérogames angiospermes monocotylédones; famille des Arécacées (ou Palmacées)), à tige simple, nue et rugueuse (appelée stipe), que couronne un bouquet de grandes feuilles palmées ou pennées disposées en éventail, à fleurs en grappes, et dont les fruits sont des baies ou des drupes. | Pluriel de palmier. |
Same sound, different letters: palmier vs palmiers
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - palmier and palmiers
This is the hard kind. palmier and palmiers are pronounced identically (\pal.mje\) 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) - “palmier” sits inside “palmiers”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38931, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
palmier is recorded at frequency rank #21,716, classified as anoun, pronounced \pal.mje\. palmiers is at rank #17,215, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pal.mje\.
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 38931, this pair ranks #251,765 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of palmier vs palmiers
Shared letters: aeilmpr. Private to "palmier": -. Private to "palmiers": s.
"palmier" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "palmiers" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Frequency check: "palmier" vs "palmiers" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
"palmier" and "palmiers" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "palmier" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "palmiers" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #251,765 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "palmier" and "palmiers" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "palmier vs Pamiers". 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 #251,765 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.