Which to use
“titulaire” and “titulaires” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,576
- “titulaire” frequency rank
- #8,048
- “titulaires” frequency rank
- 11624
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | titulaire | titulaires |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui a le titre et le droit d’une dignité sans en avoir la possession, sans en remplir la fonction. | Pluriel de titulaire. |
Same sound, different letters: titulaire vs titulaires
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. titulaire runs 9 letters (CVCVCVVCV) against titulaires's 10 (CVCVCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: titulaire vs titulaires
This is the hard kind. titulaire and titulaires are pronounced identically (\ti.ty.lɛʁ\) 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) - “titulaire” sits inside “titulaires”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11624, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
titulaire is recorded at frequency rank #3,576, classified as anadj, pronounced \ti.ty.lɛʁ\. titulaires is at rank #8,048, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ti.ty.lɛʁ\.
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 11624, this pair ranks #408,445 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of titulaire vs titulaires
Shared letters: aeilrtu. Private to "titulaire": -. Private to "titulaires": s.
"titulaire" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVVCV · "titulaires" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- titulaire ← ittulaire · titluaire · tittulaire · titualire · titulaier · titulairre · titularie · tituliare
- titulaires ← ittulaires · titluaires · tittulaires · titualires · titulaiers · titulairess · titulairres · titulairse
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "titulaire" and "titulaires" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "titulaire" vs "titulaires" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
"titulaire" and "titulaires" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "titulaire" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "titulaires" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #408,445 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "titulaire" and "titulaires" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "titulaire vs tutélaire". 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 #408,445 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.