Which to use
“bergère” and “bergers” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #26,272
- “bergère” frequency rank
- #18,411
- “bergers” frequency rank
- 44683
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | bergère | bergers |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Gardienne de troupeau. | Pluriel de berger. |
Where the eye mixes bergère and bergers
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. bergère (CVCCVCV) and bergers (CVCCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between bergère and bergers
A purely visual mix-up. bergère (\bɛʁ.ʒɛʁ\) and bergers (\bɛʁ.ʒe\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44683, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
bergère is recorded at frequency rank #26,272, classified as anoun, pronounced \bɛʁ.ʒɛʁ\. bergers is at rank #18,411, tagged as anoun, pronounced \bɛʁ.ʒe\.
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 44683, this pair ranks #208,620 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of bergère vs bergers
Shared letters: begr. Private to "bergère": è. Private to "bergers": s.
"bergère" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "bergers" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- bergers ← bbergers · begrers · beregrs · bergerrs · bergerss · bergesr · berggers · bergres
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "bergère" and "bergers" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "bergère" or "bergers" show up more?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "bergère" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "bergers" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #208,620 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "bergère" and "bergers" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bergère vs berre". 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 #208,620 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.