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“victoire” and “victoires” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #798
- “victoire” frequency rank
- #3,722
- “victoires” frequency rank
- 4520
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | victoire | victoires |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Avantage qu’on remporte sur les ennemis dans une guerre, dans une bataille. | Pluriel de victoire. |
Same sound, different letters: victoire vs victoires
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. victoire runs 8 letters (CVCCVVCV) against victoires's 9 (CVCCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: victoire vs victoires
This is the hard kind. victoire and victoires are pronounced identically (\vik.twaʁ\) 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) - “victoire” sits inside “victoires”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 4520, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
victoire is recorded at frequency rank #798, classified as anoun, pronounced \vik.twaʁ\. victoires is at rank #3,722, tagged as anoun, pronounced \vik.twaʁ\.
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 4520, this pair ranks #431,396 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of victoire vs victoires
Shared letters: ceiortv. Private to "victoire": -. Private to "victoires": s.
"victoire" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCV · "victoires" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "victoire" and "victoires" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "victoire" vs "victoires" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "victoire" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "victoires" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #431,396 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "victoire" and "victoires" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "victoire vs victory". 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 #431,396 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.