Which to use
“sincère” and “sincères” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,401
- “sincère” frequency rank
- #11,486
- “sincères” frequency rank
- 16887
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sincère | sincères |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est franc, véridique, qui dit ce qu’il pense, ce qu’il sent réellement. | Pluriel de sincère. |
Same sound, different letters: sincère vs sincères
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. sincère runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against sincères's 8 (CVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: sincère vs sincères
This is the hard kind. sincère and sincères are pronounced identically (\sɛ̃.sɛʁ\) and both work as anadjective. 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) - “sincère” sits inside “sincères”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16887, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sincère is recorded at frequency rank #5,401, classified as anadj, pronounced \sɛ̃.sɛʁ\. sincères is at rank #11,486, tagged as anadj, pronounced \sɛ̃.sɛʁ\.
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 16887, this pair ranks #385,778 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of sincère vs sincères
Shared letters: ceinrsè. Private to "sincère": -. Private to "sincères": -.
"sincère" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "sincères" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "sincère" and "sincères" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "sincère" or "sincères"?
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 "sincère" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sincères" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #385,778 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sincère" and "sincères" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Sancerre vs sincère". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #385,778 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.