panthèrevspanthèresConfusable pair

Which to use

“panthère” and “panthères” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#19,929
“panthère” frequency rank
#39,440
“panthères” frequency rank
59369
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature panthère panthères
Definition Une des espèces de grands félins d’Afrique et d’Asie à peau tachetée, aussi appelée léopard. Pluriel de panthère.

Same sound, different letters: panthère vs panthères

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. panthère runs 8 letters (CVCCCVCV) against panthères's 9 (CVCCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
panthère
9 ch
panthères

Homophone desk: panthère vs panthères

This is the hard kind. panthère and panthères are pronounced identically (\pɑ̃.tɛʁ\) 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) - “panthère” sits inside “panthères”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59369, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

panthère is recorded at frequency rank #19,929, classified as anoun, pronounced \pɑ̃.tɛʁ\. panthères is at rank #39,440, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pɑ̃.tɛʁ\.

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 59369, this pair ranks #103,562 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of panthère vs panthères

Shared letters: aehnprtè. Private to "panthère": -. Private to "panthères": s.

"panthère" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVCV  ·  "panthères" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "panthère" and "panthères" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are pronounced the same (\pɑ̃.tɛʁ\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Frequency check: "panthère" vs "panthères" - which ranks higher?
"panthère" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #19,929 in our French list, against #39,440 for "panthères". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

"panthère" and "panthères" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.

  • Full dictionary entry for "panthère" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "panthères" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #103,562 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "panthère" and "panthères" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "panther vs panthères". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #103,562 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list