Which to use
“quatrième” and “quatrièmes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,751
- “quatrième” frequency rank
- #49,304
- “quatrièmes” frequency rank
- 51055
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | quatrième | quatrièmes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Adjectif ordinal correspondant au nombre quatre. | Pluriel de quatrième. |
Same sound, different letters: quatrième vs quatrièmes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. quatrième runs 9 letters (CVVCCVVCV) against quatrièmes's 10 (CVVCCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: quatrième vs quatrièmes
This is the hard kind. quatrième and quatrièmes are pronounced identically (\ka.tʁi.jɛm\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “quatrième” sits inside “quatrièmes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51055, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
quatrième is recorded at frequency rank #1,751, classified as anadj, pronounced \ka.tʁi.jɛm\. quatrièmes is at rank #49,304, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ka.tʁi.jɛm\.
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 51055, this pair ranks #157,932 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of quatrième vs quatrièmes
Shared letters: aeimqrtuè. Private to "quatrième": -. Private to "quatrièmes": s.
"quatrième" · 9 letters · shape CVVCCVVCV · "quatrièmes" · 10 letters · shape CVVCCVVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "quatrième" and "quatrièmes" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "quatrième" vs "quatrièmes" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
"quatrième" and "quatrièmes" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "quatrième" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "quatrièmes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #157,932 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "quatrième" and "quatrièmes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "4e vs quatrièmes". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #157,932 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.