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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.

8 ch
victoire
9 ch
victoires

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

  • victoire ← ivctoire · vcitoire · vicctoire · vicotire · victiore · victoier · victoirre · victorie
  • victoires ← ivctoires · vcitoires · vicctoires · vicotires · victiores · victoiers · victoiress · victoirres

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "victoire" and "victoires" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are pronounced the same (\vik.twaʁ\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Frequency check: "victoire" vs "victoires" - which ranks higher?
"victoire" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #798 in our French list, against #3,722 for "victoires". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list