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“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.

11 ch
superviseur
12 ch
superviseurs

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?
No. They are pronounced the same (\sy.pɛʁ.vi.zœʁ\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Frequency check: "superviseur" vs "superviseurs" - which ranks higher?
"superviseur" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #21,780 in our French list, against #49,958 for "superviseurs". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list