Which to use
“ressource” and “ressources” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,110
- “ressource” frequency rank
- #1,342
- “ressources” frequency rank
- 8452
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ressource | ressources |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Ce à quoi on a recours, ce qui peut fournir ce dont on a besoin. | Pluriel de ressource. |
Same sound, different letters: ressource vs ressources
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - ressource and ressources
This is the hard kind. ressource and ressources are pronounced identically (\ʁə.suʁs\) 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) - “ressource” sits inside “ressources”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 8452, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ressource is recorded at frequency rank #7,110, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁə.suʁs\. ressources is at rank #1,342, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁə.suʁs\.
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 8452, this pair ranks #419,978 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of ressource vs ressources
Shared letters: ceorsu. Private to "ressource": -. Private to "ressources": -.
"ressource" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVCCV · "ressources" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- ressource ← erssource · resosurce · resource · ressoruce · ressoucre · ressourcce · ressourec · ressourrce
- ressources ← erssources · resosurces · ressoruces · ressoucres · ressourcces · ressourcess · ressourcse · ressourecs
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "ressource" and "ressources" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "ressource" or "ressources" show up more?
After this comparison
"ressource" and "ressources" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "ressource" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ressources" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #419,978 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ressource" and "ressources" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ressorte vs ressource". 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 #419,978 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.