promoteurvspromoteursWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: promoteur is a noun, promoteurs is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

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.

9 ch
promoteur
10 ch
promoteurs

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

  • promoteurpormoteur · ppromoteur · prmooteur · prommoteur · promoetur · promoteru · promoteurr · promotteur
  • promoteurspormoteurs · ppromoteurs · prmooteurs · prommoteurs · promoeturs · promoterus · promoteurrs · promoteurss

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "promoteur" and "promoteurs" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "promoteur" is a noun and "promoteurs" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "promoteur" or "promoteurs" show up more?
"promoteur" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,454 in our French list, against #13,666 for "promoteurs". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list