berges

\bɛʁʒ\

/\bɛʁʒ\/ noun

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The verdict

“berges” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #14,613. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#14,613
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de berge.

Corpus desk

Index FR-berges · berges · French

berges · rank #14,613 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #14,613
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH bazar

Nearest frequency peer: bazar (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « berges »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « berges » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

berges vs bêtes
50% similar
berges vs berne
67% similar
berges vs berre
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for berges
PropertyValue
Headwordberges
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bɛʁʒ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#14,613
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « berges »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).bergesse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « bazar » (#14,612), « bonbon » (#14,614), « bastion » (#14,611). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « berges » est au #14,613. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around berges (IPA \bɛʁʒ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,613 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de berge.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for berges, with forms such as "bberges", "begres", and "beregs". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "bêtes", "berne", "berre", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is berges, spelled B-E-R-G-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de berge.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how berges appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Nous allons créer des forêts urbaines à l’Hôtel de Ville, gare de Lyon et au palais Garnier, et débitumer les voies des berges de Seine rive droite.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bberges
  • begres
  • beregs
  • bergess
  • bergges
  • bergse
  • berrges
  • breges
  • ebrges

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of berges - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

bberges1begres2beregs2bergess1bergges1bergse2berrges1breges2
Edit distance from "berges"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "berges"?
"berges" is spelled B-E-R-G-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \bɛʁʒ\.
What does "berges" mean?
As a noun, "berges" means: Pluriel de berge.
What words are commonly confused with "berges"?
"berges" is commonly confused with "bêtes", "berne", "berre". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "berges"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "berges" is \bɛʁʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "berges" come from?
"berges" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "berges", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list