Which to use
“sorcière” and “sorcières” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,239
- “sorcière” frequency rank
- #12,059
- “sorcières” frequency rank
- 21298
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sorcière | sorcières |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Femme à qui on attribue le pouvoir surnaturel de lancer des sorts, des sortilèges. | Pluriel de sorcière. |
Same sound, different letters: sorcière vs sorcières
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. sorcière runs 8 letters (CVCCVVCV) against sorcières's 9 (CVCCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - sorcière / sorcières
This is the hard kind. sorcière and sorcières are pronounced identically (\sɔʁ.sjɛʁ\) 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) - “sorcière” sits inside “sorcières”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21298, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sorcière is recorded at frequency rank #9,239, classified as anoun, pronounced \sɔʁ.sjɛʁ\. sorcières is at rank #12,059, tagged as anoun, pronounced \sɔʁ.sjɛʁ\.
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 21298, this pair ranks #363,896 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of sorcière vs sorcières
Shared letters: ceiorsè. Private to "sorcière": -. Private to "sorcières": -.
"sorcière" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCV · "sorcières" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "sorcière" for "sorcières" ever safe?
Frequency check: "sorcière" vs "sorcières" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
"sorcière" and "sorcières" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "sorcière" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sorcières" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #363,896 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sorcière" and "sorcières" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sorcières vs sorciers". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #363,896 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.