Which to use
“rasoir” and “rasoirs” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,717
- “rasoir” frequency rank
- #43,106
- “rasoirs” frequency rank
- 59823
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | rasoir | rasoirs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Instrument d’acier qui a le tranchant très fin et dont on se sert pour raser la barbe, on le nomme familièrement coupe-choux. | Pluriel de rasoir. |
Same sound, different letters: rasoir vs rasoirs
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. rasoir runs 6 letters (CVCVVC) against rasoirs's 7 (CVCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - rasoir / rasoirs
This is the hard kind. rasoir and rasoirs are pronounced identically (\ʁa.zwaʁ\) 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) - “rasoir” sits inside “rasoirs”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59823, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
rasoir is recorded at frequency rank #16,717, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁa.zwaʁ\. rasoirs is at rank #43,106, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁa.zwaʁ\.
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 59823, this pair ranks #101,004 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of rasoir vs rasoirs
Shared letters: aiors. Private to "rasoir": -. Private to "rasoirs": -.
"rasoir" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "rasoirs" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "rasoir" and "rasoirs" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "rasoir" vs "rasoirs" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
"rasoir" and "rasoirs" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "rasoir" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "rasoirs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #101,004 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "rasoir" and "rasoirs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rasoirs vs ravoir". 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 #101,004 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.