Which to use
“sirène” and “sirènes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,866
- “sirène” frequency rank
- #15,762
- “sirènes” frequency rank
- 28628
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sirène | sirènes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Divinité gréco-romaine de la mer, représentée sous la forme d’une femme normale ou d’une femme-oiseau, qui passait pour attirer, par la douceur de son chant, les navigateurs sur les écueils. | Pluriel de sirène. |
Same sound, different letters: sirène vs sirènes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. sirène runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against sirènes's 7 (CVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - sirène and sirènes
This is the hard kind. sirène and sirènes are pronounced identically (\si.ʁɛn\) and both work as anoun. 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) - “sirène” sits inside “sirènes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28628, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sirène is recorded at frequency rank #12,866, classified as anoun, pronounced \si.ʁɛn\. sirènes is at rank #15,762, tagged as anoun, pronounced \si.ʁɛn\.
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 28628, this pair ranks #321,646 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of sirène vs sirènes
Shared letters: einrsè. Private to "sirène": -. Private to "sirènes": -.
"sirène" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "sirènes" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "sirène" and "sirènes" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "sirène" or "sirènes" show up more?
After this comparison
"sirène" and "sirènes" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "sirène" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sirènes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #321,646 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sirène" and "sirènes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sirènes vs sires". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #321,646 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.