Which to use
“vipère” and “vipères” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #30,021
- “vipère” frequency rank
- #43,721
- “vipères” frequency rank
- 73742
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | vipère | vipères |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Une des espèces de serpents de taille modérée, à tête triangulaire aux nombreuses petites écailles, à pupilles elliptiques et à queue courte. | Pluriel de vipère. |
Same sound, different letters: vipère vs vipères
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. vipère runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against vipères's 7 (CVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - vipère and vipères
This is the hard kind. vipère and vipères are pronounced identically (\vi.pɛʁ\) 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) - “vipère” sits inside “vipères”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 73742, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
vipère is recorded at frequency rank #30,021, classified as anoun, pronounced \vi.pɛʁ\. vipères is at rank #43,721, tagged as anoun, pronounced \vi.pɛʁ\.
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 73742, this pair ranks #39,440 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of vipère vs vipères
Shared letters: eiprvè. Private to "vipère": -. Private to "vipères": s.
"vipère" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "vipères" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "vipère" for "vipères" ever safe?
Frequency check: "vipère" vs "vipères" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "vipère" / "vipères". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "vipère" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "vipères" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #39,440 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "vipère" and "vipères" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vipères vs virées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #39,440 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.