Which to use
“patineur” and “patineurs” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #32,110
- “patineur” frequency rank
- #41,444
- “patineurs” frequency rank
- 73554
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | patineur | patineurs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Personne qui se déplace en glissant sur la glace à l’aide de patins. | Pluriel de patineur. |
Same sound, different letters: patineur vs patineurs
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. patineur runs 8 letters (CVCVCVVC) against patineurs's 9 (CVCVCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: patineur vs patineurs
This is the hard kind. patineur and patineurs are pronounced identically (\pa.ti.nœʁ\) 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) - “patineur” sits inside “patineurs”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 73554, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
patineur is recorded at frequency rank #32,110, classified as anoun, pronounced \pa.ti.nœʁ\. patineurs is at rank #41,444, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pa.ti.nœʁ\.
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 73554, this pair ranks #40,064 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of patineur vs patineurs
Shared letters: aeinprtu. Private to "patineur": -. Private to "patineurs": s.
"patineur" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC · "patineurs" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "patineur" and "patineurs" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "patineur" vs "patineurs" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
"patineur" and "patineurs" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "patineur" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "patineurs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #40,064 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "patineur" and "patineurs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "parieurs vs patineurs". 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 #40,064 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.