Which to use
“prédicateur” and “prédicateurs” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #22,664
- “prédicateur” frequency rank
- #42,542
- “prédicateurs” frequency rank
- 65206
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | prédicateur | prédicateurs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Celui qui prêche, qui annonce en chaire la parole de Dieu. | Pluriel de prédicateur. |
Same sound, different letters: prédicateur vs prédicateurs
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 11 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - prédicateur / prédicateurs
This is the hard kind. prédicateur and prédicateurs are pronounced identically (\pʁe.di.ka.tœʁ\) 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) - “prédicateur” sits inside “prédicateurs”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65206, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
prédicateur is recorded at frequency rank #22,664, classified as anoun, pronounced \pʁe.di.ka.tœʁ\. prédicateurs is at rank #42,542, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pʁe.di.ka.tœʁ\.
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 65206, this pair ranks #73,371 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of prédicateur vs prédicateurs
Shared letters: acdeiprtué. Private to "prédicateur": -. Private to "prédicateurs": s.
"prédicateur" · 11 letters · shape CCVCVCVCVVC · "prédicateurs" · 12 letters · shape CCVCVCVCVVCC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "prédicateur" for "prédicateurs" ever safe?
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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 "prédicateur" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "prédicateurs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #73,371 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "prédicateur" and "prédicateurs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "prédateurs vs prédicateurs". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #73,371 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.