Which to use
“vecteur” and “vecteurs” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,084
- “vecteur” frequency rank
- #18,618
- “vecteurs” frequency rank
- 30702
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | vecteur | vecteurs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui transporte, qui véhicule. | Masculin pluriel de vecteur. |
Same sound, different letters: vecteur vs vecteurs
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.
Homophone desk: vecteur vs vecteurs
This is the hard kind. vecteur and vecteurs are pronounced identically (\vɛk.tœʁ\) 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) - “vecteur” sits inside “vecteurs”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30702, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
vecteur is recorded at frequency rank #12,084, classified as anadj, pronounced \vɛk.tœʁ\. vecteurs is at rank #18,618, tagged as anadj, pronounced \vɛk.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 30702, this pair ranks #308,514 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of vecteur vs vecteurs
Shared letters: certuv. Private to "vecteur": -. Private to "vecteurs": s.
"vecteur" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "vecteurs" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "vecteur" for "vecteurs" ever safe?
Frequency check: "vecteur" vs "vecteurs" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "vecteur" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "vecteurs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #308,514 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "vecteur" and "vecteurs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vecteurs vs vengeurs". 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 #308,514 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.