Which to use
“Radar” and “radars” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,888
- “Radar” frequency rank
- #11,282
- “radars” frequency rank
- 19170
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Radar | radars |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Radar. | Pluriel de radar. |
Where the eye mixes Radar and radars
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses Radar with radars
A purely visual mix-up. Radar (\raˈdaːɐ\) and radars (\ʁa.daʁ\) 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) - “Radar” sits inside “radars”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19170, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Radar is recorded at frequency rank #7,888, classified as anoun, pronounced \raˈdaːɐ\. radars is at rank #11,282, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁa.daʁ\.
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 19170, this pair ranks #374,615 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Radar vs radars
Shared letters: adr. Private to "Radar": -. Private to "radars": s.
"Radar" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "radars" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "Radar" and "radars" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "Radar" or "radars" show up more?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "Radar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "radars" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #374,615 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Radar" and "radars" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Radar vs radial". 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 #374,615 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.