Which to use
“segment” and “segments” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,160
- “segment” frequency rank
- #13,260
- “segments” frequency rank
- 21420
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | segment | segments |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Partie de la ligne droite située entre deux points. | Pluriel de segment. |
Same sound, different letters: segment vs segments
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - segment / segments
This is the hard kind. segment and segments are pronounced identically (\sɛɡ.mɑ̃\) 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) - “segment” sits inside “segments”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21420, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
segment is recorded at frequency rank #8,160, classified as anoun, pronounced \sɛɡ.mɑ̃\. segments is at rank #13,260, tagged as anoun, pronounced \sɛɡ.mɑ̃\.
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 21420, this pair ranks #363,250 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of segment vs segments
Shared letters: egmnst. Private to "segment": -. Private to "segments": -.
"segment" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC · "segments" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "segment" and "segments" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "segment" or "segments" show up more?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "segment" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "segments" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #363,250 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "segment" and "segments" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "segments vs sergents". 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 #363,250 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.