Which to use
“viticulteur” and “viticulteurs” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #45,946
- “viticulteur” frequency rank
- #30,425
- “viticulteurs” frequency rank
- 76371
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | viticulteur | viticulteurs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Celui qui fait de la viticulture, qui cultive la vigne pour en faire du vin. | Pluriel de viticulteur. |
Same sound, different letters: viticulteur vs viticulteurs
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 11 letters. viticulteur runs 11 letters (CVCVCVCCVVC) against viticulteurs's 12 (CVCVCVCCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: viticulteur vs viticulteurs
This is the hard kind. viticulteur and viticulteurs are pronounced identically (\vi.ti.kyl.tœʁ\) 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) - “viticulteur” sits inside “viticulteurs”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 76371, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
viticulteur is recorded at frequency rank #45,946, classified as anoun, pronounced \vi.ti.kyl.tœʁ\. viticulteurs is at rank #30,425, tagged as anoun, pronounced \vi.ti.kyl.tœʁ\.
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 76371, this pair ranks #31,344 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of viticulteur vs viticulteurs
Shared letters: ceilrtuv. Private to "viticulteur": -. Private to "viticulteurs": s.
"viticulteur" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCVCCVVC · "viticulteurs" · 12 letters · shape CVCVCVCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- viticulteur ← ivticulteur · viitculteur · vitciulteur · viticculteur · viticluteur · viticuletur · viticullteur · viticulteru
- viticulteurs ← ivticulteurs · viitculteurs · vitciulteurs · viticculteurs · viticluteurs · viticuleturs · viticullteurs · viticulterus
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "viticulteur" and "viticulteurs" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "viticulteur" or "viticulteurs"?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "viticulteur" / "viticulteurs". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "viticulteur" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "viticulteurs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #31,344 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "viticulteur" and "viticulteurs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "viticulteur vs viticulture". 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 #31,344 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.