Which to use
“rondeur” and “rondeurs” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #39,986
- “rondeur” frequency rank
- #48,168
- “rondeurs” frequency rank
- 88154
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | rondeur | rondeurs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Caractère de ce qui est rond, de ce qui est sphérique, circulaire ou cylindrique. | Pluriel de rondeur. |
Same sound, different letters: rondeur vs rondeurs
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. rondeur runs 7 letters (CVCCVVC) against rondeurs's 8 (CVCCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - rondeur / rondeurs
This is the hard kind. rondeur and rondeurs are pronounced identically (\ʁɔ̃.dœʁ\) 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) - “rondeur” sits inside “rondeurs”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 88154, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
rondeur is recorded at frequency rank #39,986, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁɔ̃.dœʁ\. rondeurs is at rank #48,168, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁɔ̃.dœʁ\.
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 88154, this pair ranks #7,348 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of rondeur vs rondeurs
Shared letters: denoru. Private to "rondeur": -. Private to "rondeurs": s.
"rondeur" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "rondeurs" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "rondeur" for "rondeurs" ever safe?
Frequency check: "rondeur" vs "rondeurs" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "rondeur" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "rondeurs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #7,348 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "rondeur" and "rondeurs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rondeurs vs rougeurs". 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 #7,348 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.