Which to use
“terroriste” and “terroristes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,879
- “terroriste” frequency rank
- #3,574
- “terroristes” frequency rank
- 7453
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | terroriste | terroristes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Relatif à la Terreur et à ses partisans et activistes. | Pluriel de terroriste. |
Same sound, different letters: terroriste vs terroristes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters. terroriste runs 10 letters (CVCCVCVCCV) against terroristes's 11 (CVCCVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - terroriste and terroristes
This is the hard kind. terroriste and terroristes are pronounced identically (\tɛ.ʁɔ.ʁist\) 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) - “terroriste” sits inside “terroristes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 7453, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
terroriste is recorded at frequency rank #3,879, classified as anadj, pronounced \tɛ.ʁɔ.ʁist\. terroristes is at rank #3,574, tagged as anadj, pronounced \tɛ.ʁɔ.ʁist\.
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 7453, this pair ranks #423,117 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of terroriste vs terroristes
Shared letters: eiorst. Private to "terroriste": -. Private to "terroristes": -.
"terroriste" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCCV · "terroristes" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- terroriste ← etrroriste · teroriste · terorriste · terroirste · terroriset · terrorisste · terroristte · terroritse
- terroristes ← etrroristes · teroristes · terorristes · terroirstes · terrorisets · terrorisstes · terroristess · terroristse
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "terroriste" and "terroristes" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "terroriste" or "terroristes" 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 "terroriste" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "terroristes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #423,117 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "terroriste" and "terroristes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "terrorise vs terroriste". 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 #423,117 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.