Which to use
“supérieur” and “supérieures” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,349
- “supérieur” frequency rank
- #5,404
- “supérieures” frequency rank
- 6753
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | supérieur | supérieures |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est situé au-dessus. | Féminin pluriel de supérieur. |
Same sound, different letters: supérieur vs supérieures
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. supérieur runs 9 letters (CVCVCVVVC) against supérieures's 11 (CVCVCVVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - supérieur / supérieures
This is the hard kind. supérieur and supérieures are pronounced identically (\sy.pe.ʁjœʁ\) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “supérieur” sits inside “supérieures”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 6753, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
supérieur is recorded at frequency rank #1,349, classified as anadj, pronounced \sy.pe.ʁjœʁ\. supérieures is at rank #5,404, tagged as anadj, pronounced \sy.pe.ʁjœʁ\.
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 6753, this pair ranks #425,341 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of supérieur vs supérieures
Shared letters: eiprsué. Private to "supérieur": -. Private to "supérieures": -.
"supérieur" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVVVC · "supérieures" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCVVVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "supérieur" for "supérieures" ever safe?
Frequency check: "supérieur" vs "supérieures" - which ranks higher?
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 "supérieur" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "supérieures" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #425,341 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "supérieur" and "supérieures" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "supérieur vs superviseur". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #425,341 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.