ReutersvsroutiersConfusable pair

Quick tell: Reuters is a name, routiers is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#15,022
“Reuters” frequency rank
#11,479
“routiers” frequency rank
26501
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Reuters routiers
Definition Agence de presse internationale basée à Londres. Masculin pluriel de routier.

Letter map: Reuters vs routiers

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

7 ch
Reuters
8 ch
routiers

Role in the sentence - Reuters and routiers

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Reuters is aname and routiersanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26501, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Reuters is recorded at frequency rank #15,022, classified as aname. routiers is at rank #11,479, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʁu.tje\.

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 26501, this pair ranks #334,610 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Reuters vs routiers

Shared letters: erstu. Private to "Reuters": -. Private to "routiers": io.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Reuters ← eruters · retuers · reuetrs · reuterrs · reuterss · reutesr · reutres · reutters
  • routiers ← orutiers · rotuiers · rouiters · routeirs · routierrs · routierss · routiesr · routires

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Reuters" for "routiers" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Reuters" is a name and "routiers" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "Reuters" vs "routiers" - which ranks higher?
"routiers" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,479 in our French list, against #15,022 for "Reuters". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Reuters" and "routiers".

  • Full dictionary entry for "Reuters" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "routiers" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #334,610 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Reuters" and "routiers" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Reuters 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 #334,610 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