Which to use
“promoteur” is a noun and “promoteurs” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #12,454
- “promoteur” frequency rank
- #13,666
- “promoteurs” frequency rank
- 26120
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | promoteur | promoteurs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Personne qui promeut un service ou un bien. | Masculin pluriel de promoteur. |
Same sound, different letters: promoteur vs promoteurs
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. promoteur runs 9 letters (CCVCVCVVC) against promoteurs's 10 (CCVCVCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: promoteur vs promoteurs
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: promoteur and promoteurs carry the same recorded pronunciation, \pʁɔ.mɔ.tœʁ\. 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) - “promoteur” sits inside “promoteurs”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26120, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
promoteur is recorded at frequency rank #12,454, classified as anoun, pronounced \pʁɔ.mɔ.tœʁ\. promoteurs is at rank #13,666, tagged as anadj, pronounced \pʁɔ.mɔ.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 26120, this pair ranks #336,999 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of promoteur vs promoteurs
Shared letters: emoprtu. Private to "promoteur": -. Private to "promoteurs": s.
"promoteur" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCVVC · "promoteurs" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- promoteur ← pormoteur · ppromoteur · prmooteur · prommoteur · promoetur · promoteru · promoteurr · promotteur
- promoteurs ← pormoteurs · ppromoteurs · prmooteurs · prommoteurs · promoeturs · promoterus · promoteurrs · promoteurss
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "promoteur" and "promoteurs" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "promoteur" or "promoteurs" show up more?
After this comparison
"promoteur" and "promoteurs" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "promoteur" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "promoteurs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #336,999 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "promoteur" and "promoteurs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "profiteur vs promoteur". 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 #336,999 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.