Which to use
“singulière” and “singulières” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,740
- “singulière” frequency rank
- #36,593
- “singulières” frequency rank
- 53333
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | singulière | singulières |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de singulier. | Féminin pluriel de singulier. |
Same sound, different letters: singulière vs singulières
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters. singulière runs 10 letters (CVCCVCVVCV) against singulières's 11 (CVCCVCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: singulière vs singulières
This is the hard kind. singulière and singulières are pronounced identically (\sɛ̃.ɡy.ljɛʁ\) 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) - “singulière” sits inside “singulières”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53333, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
singulière is recorded at frequency rank #16,740, classified as anadj, pronounced \sɛ̃.ɡy.ljɛʁ\. singulières is at rank #36,593, tagged as anadj, pronounced \sɛ̃.ɡy.ljɛʁ\.
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 53333, this pair ranks #141,448 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of singulière vs singulières
Shared letters: egilnrsuè. Private to "singulière": -. Private to "singulières": -.
"singulière" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVVCV · "singulières" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCVVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "singulière" and "singulières" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "singulière" vs "singulières" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "singulière" / "singulières". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "singulière" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "singulières" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #141,448 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "singulière" and "singulières" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "singulières vs singuliers". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #141,448 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.