Which to use
“statutaire” and “statutaires” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #33,905
- “statutaire” frequency rank
- #39,553
- “statutaires” frequency rank
- 73458
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | statutaire | statutaires |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est prescrit par les statuts ; qui est conforme aux statuts. | Pluriel de statutaire. |
Same sound, different letters: statutaire vs statutaires
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters. statutaire runs 10 letters (CCVCVCVVCV) against statutaires's 11 (CCVCVCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - statutaire / statutaires
This is the hard kind. statutaire and statutaires are pronounced identically (\sta.ty.tɛʁ\) 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) - “statutaire” sits inside “statutaires”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 73458, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
statutaire is recorded at frequency rank #33,905, classified as anadj, pronounced \sta.ty.tɛʁ\. statutaires is at rank #39,553, tagged as anadj, pronounced \sta.ty.tɛʁ\.
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 73458, this pair ranks #40,401 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of statutaire vs statutaires
Shared letters: aeirstu. Private to "statutaire": -. Private to "statutaires": -.
"statutaire" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVCVVCV · "statutaires" · 11 letters · shape CCVCVCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- statutaire ← sattutaire · sstatutaire · stattuaire · stattutaire · statuatire · statutaier · statutairre · statutarie
- statutaires ← sattutaires · sstatutaires · stattuaires · stattutaires · statuatires · statutaiers · statutairess · statutairres
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "statutaire" and "statutaires" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "statutaire" vs "statutaires" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "statutaire" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "statutaires" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #40,401 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "statutaire" and "statutaires" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "statuaire vs statutaires". 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 #40,401 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.