Which to use
“raptor” and “raptors” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #35,670
- “raptor” frequency rank
- #31,207
- “raptors” frequency rank
- 66877
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | raptor | raptors |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nom générique rassemblant plusieurs genres de dinosaures théropodes de la famille des droméosauridés. | Pluriel de raptor. |
Same sound, different letters: raptor vs raptors
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. raptor runs 6 letters (CVCCVC) against raptors's 7 (CVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - raptor and raptors
This is the hard kind. raptor and raptors are pronounced identically (\ʁap.tɔʁ\) and both work as anoun. 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) - “raptor” sits inside “raptors”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66877, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
raptor is recorded at frequency rank #35,670, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁap.tɔʁ\. raptors is at rank #31,207, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁap.tɔʁ\.
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 66877, this pair ranks #65,901 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of raptor vs raptors
Shared letters: aoprt. Private to "raptor": -. Private to "raptors": s.
"raptor" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "raptors" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "raptor" and "raptors" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "raptor" or "raptors"?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "raptor" / "raptors". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "raptor" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "raptors" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #65,901 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "raptor" and "raptors" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rapper vs raptor". 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 #65,901 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.