Which to use
“tuteur” and “tuteurs” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,926
- “tuteur” frequency rank
- #27,275
- “tuteurs” frequency rank
- 41201
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tuteur | tuteurs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Celui à qui la tutelle est confiée. | Pluriel de tuteur. |
Same sound, different letters: tuteur vs tuteurs
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Homophone desk: tuteur vs tuteurs
This is the hard kind. tuteur and tuteurs are pronounced identically (\ty.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) - “tuteur” sits inside “tuteurs”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41201, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tuteur is recorded at frequency rank #13,926, classified as anoun, pronounced \ty.tœʁ\. tuteurs is at rank #27,275, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ty.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 41201, this pair ranks #234,864 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of tuteur vs tuteurs
Shared letters: ertu. Private to "tuteur": -. Private to "tuteurs": s.
"tuteur" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "tuteurs" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "tuteur" for "tuteurs" ever safe?
Which is more common, "tuteur" or "tuteurs"?
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 "tuteur" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tuteurs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #234,864 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tuteur" and "tuteurs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "teneurs vs tuteurs". 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 #234,864 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.