Which to use
“quatre” and “quatres” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #320
- “quatre” frequency rank
- #33,856
- “quatres” frequency rank
- 34176
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | quatre | quatres |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Trois plus un, adjectif numéral cardinal correspondant au nombre 4. | Variante orthographique de quatre. |
Where the eye mixes quatre and quatres
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. quatre runs 6 letters (CVVCCV) against quatres's 7 (CVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: quatre vs quatres
A purely visual mix-up. quatre (\katʁ\) and quatres (\ka.tʁəz\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “quatre” sits inside “quatres”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34176, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
quatre is recorded at frequency rank #320, classified as anadj, pronounced \katʁ\. quatres is at rank #33,856, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ka.tʁəz\.
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 34176, this pair ranks #285,633 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of quatre vs quatres
Shared letters: aeqrtu. Private to "quatre": -. Private to "quatres": s.
"quatre" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV · "quatres" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "quatre" for "quatres" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "quatre" or "quatres" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "quatre" and "quatres" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "quatre" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "quatres" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #285,633 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "quatre" and "quatres" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "quatres vs quêtes". 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 #285,633 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.