Which to use
“singulier” and “singuliers” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,240
- “singulier” frequency rank
- #35,276
- “singuliers” frequency rank
- 45516
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | singulier | singuliers |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui ne ressemble pas aux autres. | Masculin pluriel de singulier. |
Same sound, different letters: singulier vs singuliers
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. singulier runs 9 letters (CVCCVCVVC) against singuliers's 10 (CVCCVCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - singulier / singuliers
This is the hard kind. singulier and singuliers are pronounced identically (\sɛ̃.ɡy.lje\) 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) - “singulier” sits inside “singuliers”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45516, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
singulier is recorded at frequency rank #10,240, classified as anadj, pronounced \sɛ̃.ɡy.lje\. singuliers is at rank #35,276, tagged as anadj, pronounced \sɛ̃.ɡy.lje\.
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 45516, this pair ranks #202,167 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of singulier vs singuliers
Shared letters: egilnrsu. Private to "singulier": -. Private to "singuliers": -.
"singulier" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVVC · "singuliers" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- singulier ← isngulier · signulier · singgulier · singluier · singuiler · singuleir · singulierr · singulire
- singuliers ← isnguliers · signuliers · singguliers · singluiers · singuilers · singuleirs · singulierrs · singulierss
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "singulier" and "singuliers" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "singulier" or "singuliers"?
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 "singulier" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "singuliers" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #202,167 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "singulier" and "singuliers" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "singulières vs singuliers". 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 #202,167 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.