Which to use
“voltigeur” and “voltigeurs” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #38,101
- “voltigeur” frequency rank
- #41,598
- “voltigeurs” frequency rank
- 79699
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | voltigeur | voltigeurs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui concerne ou pratique la voltige. | Masculin pluriel de voltigeur. |
Same sound, different letters: voltigeur vs voltigeurs
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. voltigeur runs 9 letters (CVCCVCVVC) against voltigeurs's 10 (CVCCVCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - voltigeur and voltigeurs
This is the hard kind. voltigeur and voltigeurs are pronounced identically (\vɔl.ti.ʒœʁ\) and both work as anadjective. 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) - “voltigeur” sits inside “voltigeurs”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 79699, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
voltigeur is recorded at frequency rank #38,101, classified as anadj, pronounced \vɔl.ti.ʒœʁ\. voltigeurs is at rank #41,598, tagged as anadj, pronounced \vɔl.ti.ʒœʁ\.
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 79699, this pair ranks #22,693 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of voltigeur vs voltigeurs
Shared letters: egilortuv. Private to "voltigeur": -. Private to "voltigeurs": s.
"voltigeur" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVVC · "voltigeurs" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- voltigeur ← ovltigeur · vlotigeur · volitgeur · volltigeur · voltgieur · voltiegur · voltigeru · voltigeurr
- voltigeurs ← ovltigeurs · vlotigeurs · volitgeurs · volltigeurs · voltgieurs · voltiegurs · voltigerus · voltigeurrs
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "voltigeur" for "voltigeurs" ever safe?
Which is more common, "voltigeur" or "voltigeurs"?
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 "voltigeur" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "voltigeurs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #22,693 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "voltigeur" and "voltigeurs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "voltige vs voltigeur". 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 #22,693 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.