singulièrevssinguliersWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“singulière” and “singuliers” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#16,740
“singulière” frequency rank
#35,276
“singuliers” frequency rank
52016
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature singulière singuliers
Definition Féminin singulier de singulier. Masculin pluriel de singulier.

Where the eye mixes singulière and singuliers

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. singulière (CVCCVCVVCV) and singuliers (CVCCVCVVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

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singulière
10 ch
singuliers

Why the eye confuses singulière with singuliers

A purely visual mix-up. singulière (\sɛ̃.ɡy.ljɛʁ\) and singuliers (\sɛ̃.ɡy.lje\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52016, 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\. 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 52016, this pair ranks #150,790 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of singulière vs singuliers

Shared letters: egilnrsu. Private to "singulière": è. Private to "singuliers": -.

"singulière" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVVCV  ·  "singuliers" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • singuliers ← isnguliers · signuliers · singguliers · singluiers · singuilers · singuleirs · singulierrs · singulierss

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "singulière" and "singuliers" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\sɛ̃.ɡy.ljɛʁ\ versus \sɛ̃.ɡy.lje\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "singulière" vs "singuliers" - which ranks higher?
"singulière" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,740 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.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "singulière" and "singuliers" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "singulière" 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 #150,790 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "singulière" 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 #150,790 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