Which to use
“skieur” and “skieurs” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #24,393
- “skieur” frequency rank
- #30,375
- “skieurs” frequency rank
- 54768
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | skieur | skieurs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Personne qui pratique le ski. | Pluriel de skieur. |
Where the eye mixes skieur and skieurs
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. skieur runs 6 letters (CCVVVC) against skieurs's 7 (CCVVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between skieur and skieurs
A purely visual mix-up. skieur (\ski.jœʁ\) and skieurs (\skjœʁ\) 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) - “skieur” sits inside “skieurs”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54768, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
skieur is recorded at frequency rank #24,393, classified as anoun, pronounced \ski.jœʁ\. skieurs is at rank #30,375, tagged as anoun, pronounced \skjœʁ\.
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 54768, this pair ranks #131,821 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of skieur vs skieurs
Shared letters: eikrsu. Private to "skieur": -. Private to "skieurs": -.
"skieur" · 6 letters · shape CCVVVC · "skieurs" · 7 letters · shape CCVVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "skieur" and "skieurs" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "skieur" vs "skieurs" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "skieur" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "skieurs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #131,821 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "skieur" and "skieurs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "skieurs vs suiveurs". 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 #131,821 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.