Which to use
“plongeur” and “plongeurs” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #23,314
- “plongeur” frequency rank
- #22,977
- “plongeurs” frequency rank
- 46291
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | plongeur | plongeurs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui a l’habitude de plonger, en particulier en parlant des animaux. | Masculin pluriel de plongeur. |
Same sound, different letters: plongeur vs plongeurs
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - plongeur and plongeurs
This is the hard kind. plongeur and plongeurs are pronounced identically (\plɔ̃.ʒœʁ\) 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) - “plongeur” sits inside “plongeurs”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46291, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
plongeur is recorded at frequency rank #23,314, classified as anadj, pronounced \plɔ̃.ʒœʁ\. plongeurs is at rank #22,977, tagged as anadj, pronounced \plɔ̃.ʒœʁ\.
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 46291, this pair ranks #196,095 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of plongeur vs plongeurs
Shared letters: eglnopru. Private to "plongeur": -. Private to "plongeurs": s.
"plongeur" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCVVC · "plongeurs" · 9 letters · shape CCVCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "plongeur" and "plongeurs" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "plongeur" vs "plongeurs" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "plongeur" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "plongeurs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #196,095 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "plongeur" and "plongeurs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "plongeons vs plongeurs". 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 #196,095 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.