Which to use
“supérieur” and “supérieurs” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,349
- “supérieur” frequency rank
- #4,995
- “supérieurs” frequency rank
- 6344
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | supérieur | supérieurs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est situé au-dessus. | Masculin pluriel de supérieur. |
Same sound, different letters: supérieur vs supérieurs
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. supérieur runs 9 letters (CVCVCVVVC) against supérieurs's 10 (CVCVCVVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: supérieur vs supérieurs
This is the hard kind. supérieur and supérieurs 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 1 extra letter(s) - “supérieur” sits inside “supérieurs”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 6344, 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\. supérieurs is at rank #4,995, 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 6344, this pair ranks #426,505 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of supérieur vs supérieurs
Shared letters: eiprsué. Private to "supérieur": -. Private to "supérieurs": -.
"supérieur" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVVVC · "supérieurs" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVVVCC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "supérieur" for "supérieurs" ever safe?
Which is more common, "supérieur" or "supérieurs"?
What to do next
"supérieur" and "supérieurs" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "supérieur" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "supérieurs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #426,505 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "supérieur" and "supérieurs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "supérieurs vs superviseurs". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #426,505 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.