Which to use
“sorcière” is a noun and “sorciers” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #9,239
- “sorcière” frequency rank
- #14,156
- “sorciers” frequency rank
- 23395
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sorcière | sorciers |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Femme à qui on attribue le pouvoir surnaturel de lancer des sorts, des sortilèges. | Masculin pluriel de sorcier. |
Where the eye mixes sorcière and sorciers
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. sorcière (CVCCVVCV) and sorciers (CVCCVVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: sorcière vs sorciers
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: sorcière is \sɔʁ.sjɛʁ\ while sorciers is \sɔʁ.sje\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23395, 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\. sorciers is at rank #14,156, tagged as anadj, pronounced \sɔʁ.sje\.
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 23395, this pair ranks #352,749 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of sorcière vs sorciers
Shared letters: ceiors. Private to "sorcière": è. Private to "sorciers": -.
"sorcière" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCV · "sorciers" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- sorciers ← osrciers · socriers · sorcciers · sorceirs · sorcierrs · sorcierss · sorciesr · sorcires
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "sorcière" and "sorciers" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "sorcière" vs "sorciers" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "sorcière" and "sorciers" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "sorcière" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sorciers" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #352,749 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sorcière" and "sorciers" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sorciers vs souliers". 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 #352,749 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.