Which to use
“store” and “stores” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,242
- “store” frequency rank
- #27,247
- “stores” frequency rank
- 36489
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | store | stores |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Rideau fait d’étoffe, de lames de bois, etc., qui se lève et se baisse par le moyen d’un cordon ou d’un ressort, et qu’on met devant une fenêtre, à une portière de voiture, etc., pour se protéger du soleil. | Pluriel de store. |
Same sound, different letters: store vs stores
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - store / stores
This is the hard kind. store and stores are pronounced identically (\stɔʁ\) 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) - “store” sits inside “stores”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36489, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
store is recorded at frequency rank #9,242, classified as anoun, pronounced \stɔʁ\. stores is at rank #27,247, tagged as anoun, pronounced \stɔʁ\.
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 36489, this pair ranks #269,216 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of store vs stores
Shared letters: eorst. Private to "store": -. Private to "stores": -.
"store" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "stores" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "store" and "stores" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "store" or "stores"?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "store" / "stores". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "store" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "stores" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #269,216 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "store" and "stores" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sofres vs stores". 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 #269,216 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.