Which to use
“productrice” is a noun and “productrices” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #18,835
- “productrice” frequency rank
- #40,934
- “productrices” frequency rank
- 59769
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | productrice | productrices |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Celle qui crée, par son travail, les produits agricoles ou industriels, par opposition à ceux qui s’en servent, qui les consomment. | Féminin pluriel de producteur. |
Same sound, different letters: productrice vs productrices
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 11 letters. productrice runs 11 letters (CCVCVCCCVCV) against productrices's 12 (CCVCVCCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - productrice / productrices
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: productrice and productrices carry the same recorded pronunciation, \pʁɔ.dyk.tʁis\. 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) - “productrice” sits inside “productrices”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59769, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
productrice is recorded at frequency rank #18,835, classified as anoun, pronounced \pʁɔ.dyk.tʁis\. productrices is at rank #40,934, tagged as anadj, pronounced \pʁɔ.dyk.tʁis\.
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 59769, this pair ranks #101,293 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of productrice vs productrices
Shared letters: cdeioprtu. Private to "productrice": -. Private to "productrices": s.
"productrice" · 11 letters · shape CCVCVCCCVCV · "productrices" · 12 letters · shape CCVCVCCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- productrice ← porductrice · pproductrice · prdouctrice · prodcutrice · prodductrice · producctrice · producrtice · productirce
- productrices ← porductrices · pproductrices · prdouctrices · prodcutrices · prodductrices · producctrices · producrtices · productirces
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "productrice" for "productrices" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "productrice" or "productrices" show up more?
What to do next
"productrice" and "productrices" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "productrice" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "productrices" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #101,293 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "productrice" and "productrices" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "productrices vs protectrices". 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 #101,293 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.