vendeurvsvendeursTell them apart

Quick tell: vendeur is a adjective, vendeurs is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“vendeur” is an adjective and “vendeurs” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#4,723
“vendeur” frequency rank
#8,320
“vendeurs” frequency rank
13043
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature vendeur vendeurs
Definition Qui fait vendre. Pluriel de vendeur.

Same sound, different letters: vendeur vs vendeurs

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. vendeur runs 7 letters (CVCCVVC) against vendeurs's 8 (CVCCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
vendeur
8 ch
vendeurs

Ear matches; page differs - vendeur and vendeurs

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: vendeur and vendeurs carry the same recorded pronunciation, \vɑ̃.dœʁ\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other anoun, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “vendeur” sits inside “vendeurs”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13043, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

vendeur is recorded at frequency rank #4,723, classified as anadj, pronounced \vɑ̃.dœʁ\. vendeurs is at rank #8,320, tagged as anoun, pronounced \vɑ̃.dœʁ\.

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 13043, this pair ranks #402,679 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of vendeur vs vendeurs

Shared letters: denruv. Private to "vendeur": -. Private to "vendeurs": s.

"vendeur" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC  ·  "vendeurs" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • vendeurevndeur · vedneur · venddeur · venderu · vendeurr · venduer · venedur · venndeur
  • vendeursevndeurs · vedneurs · venddeurs · venderus · vendeurrs · vendeurss · vendeusr · venduers

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "vendeur" and "vendeurs" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "vendeur" is an adjective and "vendeurs" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "vendeur" or "vendeurs"?
"vendeur" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,723 in our French list, against #8,320 for "vendeurs". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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 "vendeur" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "vendeurs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #402,679 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "vendeur" and "vendeurs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vendeurs 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 #402,679 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list