Which to use
“profiteur” is an adjective and “profiteurs” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #48,728
- “profiteur” frequency rank
- #38,488
- “profiteurs” frequency rank
- 87216
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | profiteur | profiteurs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui profite sans vergogne. | Pluriel de profiteur. |
Same sound, different letters: profiteur vs profiteurs
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. profiteur runs 9 letters (CCVCVCVVC) against profiteurs's 10 (CCVCVCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - profiteur / profiteurs
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: profiteur and profiteurs carry the same recorded pronunciation, \pʁɔ.fi.tœʁ\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other anoun, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “profiteur” sits inside “profiteurs”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 87216, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
profiteur is recorded at frequency rank #48,728, classified as anadj, pronounced \pʁɔ.fi.tœʁ\. profiteurs is at rank #38,488, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pʁɔ.fi.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 87216, this pair ranks #8,590 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of profiteur vs profiteurs
Shared letters: efioprtu. Private to "profiteur": -. Private to "profiteurs": s.
"profiteur" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCVVC · "profiteurs" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- profiteur ← porfiteur · pprofiteur · prfoiteur · proffiteur · profietur · profiteru · profiteurr · profitteur
- profiteurs ← porfiteurs · pprofiteurs · prfoiteurs · proffiteurs · profieturs · profiterus · profiteurrs · profiteurss
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "profiteur" / "profiteurs". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "profiteur" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "profiteurs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #8,590 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "profiteur" and "profiteurs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "profiler vs profiteur". 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 #8,590 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.