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“structurel” and “structurels” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#19,414
“structurel” frequency rank
#26,550
“structurels” frequency rank
45964
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature structurel structurels
Definition Relatif aux structures, à une structure. Masculin pluriel de structurel.

Same sound, different letters: structurel vs structurels

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters.

10 ch
structurel
11 ch
structurels

Homophone desk: structurel vs structurels

This is the hard kind. structurel and structurels are pronounced identically (\stʁyk.ty.ʁɛl\) 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) - “structurel” sits inside “structurels”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45964, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

structurel is recorded at frequency rank #19,414, classified as anadj, pronounced \stʁyk.ty.ʁɛl\. structurels is at rank #26,550, tagged as anadj, pronounced \stʁyk.ty.ʁɛl\.

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 45964, this pair ranks #198,688 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of structurel vs structurels

Shared letters: celrstu. Private to "structurel": -. Private to "structurels": -.

"structurel" · 10 letters · shape CCCVCCVCVC  ·  "structurels" · 11 letters · shape CCCVCCVCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • structurelsrtucturel · sstructurel · strcuturel · strructurel · struccturel · structruel · structturel · structuerl
  • structurelssrtucturels · sstructurels · strcuturels · strructurels · struccturels · structruels · structturels · structuerls

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "structurel" and "structurels" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are pronounced the same (\stʁyk.ty.ʁɛl\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Which is more common, "structurel" or "structurels"?
"structurel" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #19,414 in our French list, against #26,550 for "structurels". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.

  • Full dictionary entry for "structurel" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "structurels" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #198,688 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "structurel" and "structurels" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "structurels vs structurent". 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 #198,688 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list