Which to use
“parachutiste” and “parachutistes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #41,442
- “parachutiste” frequency rank
- #26,119
- “parachutistes” frequency rank
- 67561
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | parachutiste | parachutistes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Personne qui pratique le saut en parachute. | Pluriel de parachutiste. |
Same sound, different letters: parachutiste vs parachutistes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 12 letters. parachutiste runs 12 letters (CVCVCCVCVCCV) against parachutistes's 13 (CVCVCCVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - parachutiste and parachutistes
This is the hard kind. parachutiste and parachutistes are pronounced identically (\pa.ʁa.ʃy.tist\) 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) - “parachutiste” sits inside “parachutistes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67561, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
parachutiste is recorded at frequency rank #41,442, classified as anoun, pronounced \pa.ʁa.ʃy.tist\. parachutistes is at rank #26,119, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pa.ʁa.ʃy.tist\.
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 67561, this pair ranks #62,883 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of parachutiste vs parachutistes
Shared letters: acehiprstu. Private to "parachutiste": -. Private to "parachutistes": -.
"parachutiste" · 12 letters · shape CVCVCCVCVCCV · "parachutistes" · 13 letters · shape CVCVCCVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- parachutiste ← aprachutiste · paarchutiste · paracchutiste · parachhutiste · parachtuiste · parachuitste · parachutiset · parachutisste
- parachutistes ← aprachutistes · paarchutistes · paracchutistes · parachhutistes · parachtuistes · parachuitstes · parachutisets · parachutisstes
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "parachutiste" for "parachutistes" ever safe?
Which is more common, "parachutiste" or "parachutistes"?
After this comparison
"parachutiste" and "parachutistes" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "parachutiste" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "parachutistes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #62,883 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "parachutiste" and "parachutistes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "parachutisme vs parachutiste". 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 #62,883 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.