Which to use
“berger” and “burgers” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,280
- “berger” frequency rank
- #23,124
- “burgers” frequency rank
- 30404
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | berger | burgers |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pâtre, gardien de troupeau. | Pluriel de burger. |
Where the eye mixes berger and burgers
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. berger runs 6 letters (CVCCVC) against burgers's 7 (CVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: berger vs burgers
A purely visual mix-up. berger (\bɛʁ.ʒe\) and burgers (\bœʁ.ɡœʁ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30404, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
berger is recorded at frequency rank #7,280, classified as anoun, pronounced \bɛʁ.ʒe\. burgers is at rank #23,124, tagged as anoun, pronounced \bœʁ.ɡœʁ\.
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 30404, this pair ranks #310,547 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of berger vs burgers
Shared letters: begr. Private to "berger": -. Private to "burgers": su.
"berger" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "burgers" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "berger" and "burgers" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "berger" vs "burgers" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "berger" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "burgers" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #310,547 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "berger" and "burgers" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bunkers vs burgers". 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 #310,547 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.