Which to use
“violeur” and “violeurs” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,937
- “violeur” frequency rank
- #20,314
- “violeurs” frequency rank
- 34251
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | violeur | violeurs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Quelqu’un, généralement un homme, qui commet un viol. | Pluriel de violeur. |
Same sound, different letters: violeur vs violeurs
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. violeur runs 7 letters (CVVCVVC) against violeurs's 8 (CVVCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - violeur and violeurs
This is the hard kind. violeur and violeurs are pronounced identically (\vjɔ.lœʁ\) 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) - “violeur” sits inside “violeurs”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34251, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
violeur is recorded at frequency rank #13,937, classified as anoun, pronounced \vjɔ.lœʁ\. violeurs is at rank #20,314, tagged as anoun, pronounced \vjɔ.lœʁ\.
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 34251, this pair ranks #285,119 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of violeur vs violeurs
Shared letters: eiloruv. Private to "violeur": -. Private to "violeurs": s.
"violeur" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVVC · "violeurs" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "violeur" and "violeurs" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "violeur" or "violeurs"?
What to do next
"violeur" and "violeurs" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "violeur" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "violeurs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #285,119 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "violeur" and "violeurs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vibreur vs violeur". 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 #285,119 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.