Which to use
“asperge” and “asperges” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #37,664
- “asperge” frequency rank
- #31,827
- “asperges” frequency rank
- 69491
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | asperge | asperges |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Plante potagère de la famille des liliacées (classification classique) ou asparagacées (classification phylogénétique) dont on mange les jeunes pousses (Asparagus officinalis L.). | Variante de’' aspergès. |
Same sound, different letters: asperge vs asperges
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - asperge / asperges
This is the hard kind. asperge and asperges are pronounced identically (\as.pɛʁʒ\) 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) - “asperge” sits inside “asperges”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69491, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
asperge is recorded at frequency rank #37,664, classified as anoun, pronounced \as.pɛʁʒ\. asperges is at rank #31,827, tagged as anoun, pronounced \as.pɛʁʒ\.
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 69491, this pair ranks #54,921 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of asperge vs asperges
Shared letters: aegprs. Private to "asperge": -. Private to "asperges": -.
"asperge" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV · "asperges" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Frequency check: "asperge" vs "asperges" - which ranks higher?
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 "asperge" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "asperges" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #54,921 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "asperge" and "asperges" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ampère vs asperge". 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 #54,921 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.