Which to use
“superviseur” and “superviseurs” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #21,780
- “superviseur” frequency rank
- #49,958
- “superviseurs” frequency rank
- 71738
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | superviseur | superviseurs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Celui qui supervise. | Pluriel de superviseur. |
Same sound, different letters: superviseur vs superviseurs
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 11 letters. superviseur runs 11 letters (CVCVCCVCVVC) against superviseurs's 12 (CVCVCCVCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: superviseur vs superviseurs
This is the hard kind. superviseur and superviseurs are pronounced identically (\sy.pɛʁ.vi.zœʁ\) 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) - “superviseur” sits inside “superviseurs”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 71738, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
superviseur is recorded at frequency rank #21,780, classified as anoun, pronounced \sy.pɛʁ.vi.zœʁ\. superviseurs is at rank #49,958, tagged as anoun, pronounced \sy.pɛʁ.vi.zœʁ\.
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 71738, this pair ranks #46,465 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of superviseur vs superviseurs
Shared letters: eiprsuv. Private to "superviseur": -. Private to "superviseurs": -.
"superviseur" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCCVCVVC · "superviseurs" · 12 letters · shape CVCVCCVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- superviseur ← spuerviseur · ssuperviseur · sueprviseur · superivseur · superrviseur · superviesur · superviseru · superviseurr
- superviseurs ← spuerviseurs · ssuperviseurs · sueprviseurs · superivseurs · superrviseurs · superviesurs · superviserus · superviseurrs
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "superviseur" and "superviseurs" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "superviseur" vs "superviseurs" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
"superviseur" and "superviseurs" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "superviseur" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "superviseurs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #46,465 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "superviseur" and "superviseurs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "superviser vs superviseurs". 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 #46,465 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.