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Which to use

“téléspectateur” and “téléspectateurs” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#38,588
“téléspectateur” frequency rank
#9,407
“téléspectateurs” frequency rank
47995
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature téléspectateur téléspectateurs
Definition Personne qui regarde la télévision. Pluriel de téléspectateur.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set téléspectateur and téléspectateurs apart are highlighted. They share 14 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

14 ch
téléspectateur
15 ch
téléspectateurs

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

This is the hard kind. téléspectateur and téléspectateurs are pronounced identically (\te.le.spɛk.ta.tœʁ\) 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) - “téléspectateur” sits inside “téléspectateurs”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47995, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

téléspectateur is recorded at frequency rank #38,588, classified as anoun, pronounced \te.le.spɛk.ta.tœʁ\. téléspectateurs is at rank #9,407, tagged as anoun, pronounced \te.le.spɛk.ta.tœʁ\.

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 47995, this pair ranks #182,492 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of téléspectateur vs téléspectateurs

Shared letters: acelprstué. Private to "téléspectateur": -. Private to "téléspectateurs": -.

"téléspectateur" · 14 letters · shape CVCVCCVCCVCVVC  ·  "téléspectateurs" · 15 letters · shape CVCVCCVCCVCVVCC

Frequency comparison

téléspectateur#38,588
téléspectateurs#9,407

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "téléspectateur" and "téléspectateurs" be used interchangeably?
No. They are pronounced the same (\te.le.spɛk.ta.tœʁ\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Which is more common, "téléspectateur" or "téléspectateurs"?
"téléspectateurs" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,407 in our French list, against #38,588 for "téléspectateur". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering téléspectateur vs téléspectateurs

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list