ReutersvsrouteursWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: Reuters is a name, routeurs is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Reuters” is a name and “routeurs” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#15,022
“Reuters” frequency rank
#46,420
“routeurs” frequency rank
61442
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Reuters routeurs
Definition Agence de presse internationale basée à Londres. Pluriel de routeur.

Letter map: Reuters vs routeurs

Shared letters muted; letters that set Reuters and routeurs apart highlighted. Shared run: 6. Reuters runs 7 letters (CVVCVCC) against routeurs's 8 (CVVCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
Reuters
8 ch
routeurs

Grammar separator: Reuters vs routeurs

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Reuters is aname and routeursanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61442, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Reuters is recorded at frequency rank #15,022, classified as aname. routeurs is at rank #46,420, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁu.tœʁ\.

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 61442, this pair ranks #92,267 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Reuters vs routeurs

Shared letters: erstu. Private to "Reuters": -. Private to "routeurs": o.

"Reuters" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCC  ·  "routeurs" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Reuterseruters · retuers · reuetrs · reuterrs · reuterss · reutesr · reutres · reutters
  • routeursoruteurs · rotueurs · roueturs · routerus · routeurrs · routeurss · routeusr · routteurs

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Reuters" and "routeurs" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Reuters" is a name and "routeurs" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "Reuters" or "routeurs"?
"Reuters" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,022 in our French list, against #46,420 for "routeurs". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've compared "Reuters" and "routeurs". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Reuters" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "routeurs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #92,267 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Reuters" and "routeurs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rondeurs vs routeurs". 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 #92,267 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list