Which to use
“porteuse” is a noun and “porteuses” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #15,723
- “porteuse” frequency rank
- #23,982
- “porteuses” frequency rank
- 39705
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | porteuse | porteuses |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Celle dont le métier ordinaire est de porter quelque chose. | Féminin pluriel de porteur. |
Same sound, different letters: porteuse vs porteuses
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. porteuse runs 8 letters (CVCCVVCV) against porteuses's 9 (CVCCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - porteuse and porteuses
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: porteuse and porteuses carry the same recorded pronunciation, \pɔʁ.tøz\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “porteuse” sits inside “porteuses”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39705, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
porteuse is recorded at frequency rank #15,723, classified as anoun, pronounced \pɔʁ.tøz\. porteuses is at rank #23,982, tagged as anadj, pronounced \pɔʁ.tøz\.
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 39705, this pair ranks #245,997 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of porteuse vs porteuses
Shared letters: eoprstu. Private to "porteuse": -. Private to "porteuses": -.
"porteuse" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCV · "porteuses" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "porteuse" and "porteuses" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "porteuse" or "porteuses"?
What to do next
"porteuse" and "porteuses" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "porteuse" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "porteuses" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #245,997 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "porteuse" and "porteuses" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "poreuse vs porteuses". 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 #245,997 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.