Which to use
“parcouru” and “parcourus” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,051
- “parcouru” frequency rank
- #25,762
- “parcourus” frequency rank
- 34813
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | parcouru | parcourus |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de parcourir. | Participe passé masculin pluriel du verbe parcourir. |
Same sound, different letters: parcouru vs parcourus
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. parcouru runs 8 letters (CVCCVVCV) against parcourus's 9 (CVCCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: parcouru vs parcourus
This is the hard kind. parcouru and parcourus are pronounced identically (\paʁ.ku.ʁy\) and both work as averb. 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) - “parcouru” sits inside “parcourus”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34813, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
parcouru is recorded at frequency rank #9,051, classified as averb, pronounced \paʁ.ku.ʁy\. parcourus is at rank #25,762, tagged as averb, pronounced \paʁ.ku.ʁy\.
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 34813, this pair ranks #281,166 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of parcouru vs parcourus
Shared letters: acopru. Private to "parcouru": -. Private to "parcourus": s.
"parcouru" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCV · "parcourus" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "parcouru" for "parcourus" ever safe?
Frequency check: "parcouru" vs "parcourus" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "parcouru" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "parcourus" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #281,166 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "parcouru" and "parcourus" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Parcoursup vs parcourus". 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 #281,166 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.