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“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.

9 ch
singulier
10 ch
singuliers

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?
No. They are pronounced the same (\sɛ̃.ɡy.lje\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Which is more common, "singulier" or "singuliers"?
"singulier" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,240 in our French list, against #35,276 for "singuliers". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list