Which to use
“sportif” and “sportifs” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,224
- “sportif” frequency rank
- #5,294
- “sportifs” frequency rank
- 8518
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sportif | sportifs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui se rapporte ou est propre au sport. | Masculin pluriel de sportif. |
Same sound, different letters: sportif vs sportifs
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. sportif runs 7 letters (CCVCCVC) against sportifs's 8 (CCVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - sportif and sportifs
This is the hard kind. sportif and sportifs are pronounced identically (\spɔʁ.tif\) and both work as anadjective. 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) - “sportif” sits inside “sportifs”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 8518, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sportif is recorded at frequency rank #3,224, classified as anadj, pronounced \spɔʁ.tif\. sportifs is at rank #5,294, tagged as anadj, pronounced \spɔʁ.tif\.
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 8518, this pair ranks #419,763 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of sportif vs sportifs
Shared letters: fioprst. Private to "sportif": -. Private to "sportifs": -.
"sportif" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC · "sportifs" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "sportif" and "sportifs" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "sportif" or "sportifs"?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "sportif" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sportifs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #419,763 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sportif" and "sportifs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "soutif vs sportif". 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 #419,763 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.