Which to use
“plombier” and “plombiers” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,459
- “plombier” frequency rank
- #37,001
- “plombiers” frequency rank
- 52460
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | plombier | plombiers |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Ouvrier qui travaille le plomb. | Pluriel de plombier. |
Same sound, different letters: plombier vs plombiers
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. plombier runs 8 letters (CCVCCVVC) against plombiers's 9 (CCVCCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - plombier / plombiers
This is the hard kind. plombier and plombiers are pronounced identically (\plɔ̃.bje\) 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) - “plombier” sits inside “plombiers”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52460, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
plombier is recorded at frequency rank #15,459, classified as anoun, pronounced \plɔ̃.bje\. plombiers is at rank #37,001, tagged as anoun, pronounced \plɔ̃.bje\.
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 52460, this pair ranks #147,571 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of plombier vs plombiers
Shared letters: beilmopr. Private to "plombier": -. Private to "plombiers": s.
"plombier" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCVVC · "plombiers" · 9 letters · shape CCVCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "plombier" and "plombiers" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "plombier" or "plombiers"?
After this comparison
"plombier" and "plombiers" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "plombier" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "plombiers" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #147,571 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "plombier" and "plombiers" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "plomber vs plombiers". 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 #147,571 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.