Which to use
“vapeur” and “vapeurs” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,722
- “vapeur” frequency rank
- #22,130
- “vapeurs” frequency rank
- 26852
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | vapeur | vapeurs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Exhalaison gazeuse résultant de la transformation partielle ou totale d’une substance ordinairement liquide ou solide en gaz. | Pluriel de vapeur. |
Same sound, different letters: vapeur vs vapeurs
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. vapeur runs 6 letters (CVCVVC) against vapeurs's 7 (CVCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - vapeur and vapeurs
This is the hard kind. vapeur and vapeurs are pronounced identically (\va.pœʁ\) 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) - “vapeur” sits inside “vapeurs”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26852, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
vapeur is recorded at frequency rank #4,722, classified as anoun, pronounced \va.pœʁ\. vapeurs is at rank #22,130, tagged as anoun, pronounced \va.pœʁ\.
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 26852, this pair ranks #332,464 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of vapeur vs vapeurs
Shared letters: aepruv. Private to "vapeur": -. Private to "vapeurs": s.
"vapeur" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "vapeurs" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "vapeur" and "vapeurs" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "vapeur" or "vapeurs"?
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 "vapeur" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "vapeurs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #332,464 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "vapeur" and "vapeurs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vapeur vs Viper". 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 #332,464 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.