Which to use
“voleur” is a noun and “voleurs” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,770
- “voleur” frequency rank
- #7,771
- “voleurs” frequency rank
- 15541
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | voleur | voleurs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Homme qui effectue un vol, qui dérobe, s’approprie le bien d’autrui, ou l’a déjà fait. | Masculin pluriel de l’adjectif voleur. |
Same sound, different letters: voleur vs voleurs
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. voleur runs 6 letters (CVCVVC) against voleurs's 7 (CVCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: voleur vs voleurs
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: voleur and voleurs carry the same recorded pronunciation, \vɔ.lœʁ\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “voleur” sits inside “voleurs”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15541, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
voleur is recorded at frequency rank #7,770, classified as anoun, pronounced \vɔ.lœʁ\. voleurs is at rank #7,771, tagged as anadj, pronounced \vɔ.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 15541, this pair ranks #391,899 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of voleur vs voleurs
Shared letters: eloruv. Private to "voleur": -. Private to "voleurs": s.
"voleur" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "voleurs" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "voleur" and "voleurs" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "voleur" vs "voleurs" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "voleur" / "voleurs". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "voleur" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "voleurs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #391,899 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "voleur" and "voleurs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "voleur vs vouer". 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 #391,899 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.