structurervsstructurésWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: structurer is a verb, structurés is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“structurer” is a verb and “structurés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#24,786
“structurer” frequency rank
#34,763
“structurés” frequency rank
59549
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature structurer structurés
Definition Donner une structure. Masculin pluriel de structuré.

Same sound, different letters: structurer vs structurés

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters.

10 ch
structurer
10 ch
structurés

Same sound, different spelling - structurer / structurés

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: structurer and structurés carry the same recorded pronunciation, \stʁyk.ty.ʁe\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is averb, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59549, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

structurer is recorded at frequency rank #24,786, classified as averb, pronounced \stʁyk.ty.ʁe\. structurés is at rank #34,763, tagged as anadj, pronounced \stʁyk.ty.ʁe\.

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 59549, this pair ranks #102,527 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of structurer vs structurés

Shared letters: crstu. Private to "structurer": e. Private to "structurés": é.

"structurer" · 10 letters · shape CCCVCCVCVC  ·  "structurés" · 10 letters · shape CCCVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • structurersrtucturer · sstructurer · strcuturer · strructurer · struccturer · structruer · structturer · structuerr

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "structurer" for "structurés" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "structurer" is a verb and "structurés" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "structurer" vs "structurés" - which ranks higher?
"structurer" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #24,786 in our French list, against #34,763 for "structurés". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've separated the homophone pair "structurer" / "structurés". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.

  • Full dictionary entry for "structurer" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "structurés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #102,527 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "structurer" and "structurés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "structurent vs structurés". 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 #102,527 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