Which to use
“bergers” and “burgers” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,411
- “bergers” frequency rank
- #23,124
- “burgers” frequency rank
- 41535
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | bergers | burgers |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de berger. | Pluriel de burger. |
Where the eye mixes bergers and burgers
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. bergers and burgers follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: bergers vs burgers
A purely visual mix-up. bergers (\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 a single letter - e in “bergers” becomes u in “burgers”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41535, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
bergers is recorded at frequency rank #18,411, 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 41535, this pair ranks #232,385 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of bergers vs burgers
Shared letters: begrs. Private to "bergers": -. Private to "burgers": u.
"bergers" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC · "burgers" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "bergers" and "burgers" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "bergers" or "burgers" show up more?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "bergers" 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 #232,385 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "bergers" 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 #232,385 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.