Which to use
“auberge” and “auberges” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,933
- “auberge” frequency rank
- #27,703
- “auberges” frequency rank
- 35636
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | auberge | auberges |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Maison où on trouve un repas et un lit pour dormir en payant. | Pluriel de auberge. |
Same sound, different letters: auberge vs auberges
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - auberge and auberges
This is the hard kind. auberge and auberges are pronounced identically (\o.bɛʁʒ\) 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) - “auberge” sits inside “auberges”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35636, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
auberge is recorded at frequency rank #7,933, classified as anoun, pronounced \o.bɛʁʒ\. auberges is at rank #27,703, tagged as anoun, pronounced \o.bɛʁʒ\.
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 35636, this pair ranks #275,310 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of auberge vs auberges
Shared letters: abegru. Private to "auberge": -. Private to "auberges": s.
"auberge" · 7 letters · shape VVCVCCV · "auberges" · 8 letters · shape VVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "auberge" for "auberges" ever safe?
Which is more common, "auberge" or "auberges"?
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 "auberge" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "auberges" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #275,310 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "auberge" and "auberges" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "auberges vs aubergines". 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 #275,310 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.