Which to use
“territoire” and “territoires” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #989
- “territoire” frequency rank
- #3,046
- “territoires” frequency rank
- 4035
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | territoire | territoires |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Étendue de terre plus ou moins précisément délimitée. | Pluriel de territoire. |
Same sound, different letters: territoire vs territoires
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters. territoire runs 10 letters (CVCCVCVVCV) against territoires's 11 (CVCCVCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: territoire vs territoires
This is the hard kind. territoire and territoires are pronounced identically (\tɛ.ʁi.twaʁ\) 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) - “territoire” sits inside “territoires”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 4035, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
territoire is recorded at frequency rank #989, classified as anoun, pronounced \tɛ.ʁi.twaʁ\. territoires is at rank #3,046, tagged as anoun, pronounced \tɛ.ʁi.twaʁ\.
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 4035, this pair ranks #432,614 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of territoire vs territoires
Shared letters: eiort. Private to "territoire": -. Private to "territoires": s.
"territoire" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVVCV · "territoires" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- territoire ← etrritoire · terirtoire · teritoire · terriotire · territiore · territoier · territoirre · territorie
- territoires ← etrritoires · terirtoires · teritoires · terriotires · territiores · territoiers · territoiress · territoirres
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "territoire" and "territoires" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "territoire" or "territoires" show up more?
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 "territoire" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "territoires" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #432,614 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- 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 #432,614 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.