Which to use
“urée” and “urs” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #48,849
- “urée” frequency rank
- #38,091
- “urs” frequency rank
- 86940
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | urée | urs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Substance cristallisable, incolore, de formule chimique COH₄N₂, dont la présence caractérise l’urine de la plupart des animaux dont l’homme. | Ours. |
Where the eye mixes urée and urs
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. urée runs 4 letters (VCVV) against urs's 3 (VCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between urée and urs
A purely visual mix-up. urée (\y.ʁe\) and urs (\urs\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 86940, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
urée is recorded at frequency rank #48,849, classified as anoun, pronounced \y.ʁe\. urs is at rank #38,091, tagged as anoun, pronounced \urs\.
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 86940, this pair ranks #8,964 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of urée vs urs
Shared letters: ru. Private to "urée": eé. Private to "urs": s.
"urée" · 4 letters · shape VCVV · "urs" · 3 letters · shape VCC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "urée" and "urs" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "urée" or "urs" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "urée" and "urs" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "urée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "urs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #8,964 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "urée" and "urs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "urée vs urètre". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #8,964 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.