Which to use
“sister” and “sisters” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #33,012
- “sister” frequency rank
- #43,152
- “sisters” frequency rank
- 76164
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sister | sisters |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Sœur (dans un sens moral, et dans un contexte de personnes anglophones). | Pluriel de sister. |
Where the eye mixes sister and sisters
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. sister runs 6 letters (CVCCVC) against sisters's 7 (CVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between sister and sisters
A purely visual mix-up. sister (\sis.tœʁ\) and sisters (\ˈsɪs.tɚz\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “sister” sits inside “sisters”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 76164, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sister is recorded at frequency rank #33,012, classified as anoun, pronounced \sis.tœʁ\. sisters is at rank #43,152, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ˈsɪs.tɚz\.
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 76164, this pair ranks #31,919 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of sister vs sisters
Shared letters: eirst. Private to "sister": -. Private to "sisters": -.
"sister" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "sisters" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "sister" and "sisters" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "sister" vs "sisters" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "sister" and "sisters" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "sister" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sisters" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #31,919 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sister" and "sisters" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "siestes vs sisters". 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 #31,919 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.