Which to use
“pécheur” and “pécheurs” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #27,923
- “pécheur” frequency rank
- #24,345
- “pécheurs” frequency rank
- 52268
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pécheur | pécheurs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui pèche, commet des péchés, et par exemple transgresse une loi morale ou religieuse. | Masculin pluriel de pécheur. |
Same sound, different letters: pécheur vs pécheurs
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. pécheur runs 7 letters (CVCCVVC) against pécheurs's 8 (CVCCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - pécheur / pécheurs
This is the hard kind. pécheur and pécheurs are pronounced identically (\pe.ʃœʁ\) and both work as anadjective. 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) - “pécheur” sits inside “pécheurs”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52268, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pécheur is recorded at frequency rank #27,923, classified as anadj, pronounced \pe.ʃœʁ\. pécheurs is at rank #24,345, tagged as anadj, pronounced \pe.ʃœʁ\.
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 52268, this pair ranks #148,889 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of pécheur vs pécheurs
Shared letters: cehprué. Private to "pécheur": -. Private to "pécheurs": s.
"pécheur" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "pécheurs" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "pécheur" and "pécheurs" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "pécheur" vs "pécheurs" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
"pécheur" and "pécheurs" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "pécheur" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pécheurs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #148,889 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pécheur" and "pécheurs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pécheur vs prêcheurs". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #148,889 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.