Which to use
“vengeur” and “vengeurs” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #31,775
- “vengeur” frequency rank
- #49,422
- “vengeurs” frequency rank
- 81197
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | vengeur | vengeurs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui venge, qui punit, vindicatif. | Masculin pluriel de vengeur. |
Same sound, different letters: vengeur vs vengeurs
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. vengeur runs 7 letters (CVCCVVC) against vengeurs's 8 (CVCCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: vengeur vs vengeurs
This is the hard kind. vengeur and vengeurs are pronounced identically (\vɑ̃.ʒœʁ\) 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) - “vengeur” sits inside “vengeurs”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 81197, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
vengeur is recorded at frequency rank #31,775, classified as anadj, pronounced \vɑ̃.ʒœʁ\. vengeurs is at rank #49,422, tagged as anadj, pronounced \vɑ̃.ʒœʁ\.
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 81197, this pair ranks #19,287 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of vengeur vs vengeurs
Shared letters: egnruv. Private to "vengeur": -. Private to "vengeurs": s.
"vengeur" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "vengeurs" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "vengeur" for "vengeurs" ever safe?
Frequency check: "vengeur" vs "vengeurs" - 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 "vengeur" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "vengeurs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #19,287 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "vengeur" and "vengeurs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vengeurs vs vergers". 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 #19,287 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.