Which to use
“blague” and “blagues” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,902
- “blague” frequency rank
- #5,317
- “blagues” frequency rank
- 7219
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | blague | blagues |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Petit sachet taillé dans une grosse toile, une vessie, une poche de pélican ou une peau dans lequel les fumeurs mettent le tabac dont ils font usage. | Pluriel de blague. |
Same sound, different letters: blague vs blagues
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Homophone desk: blague vs blagues
This is the hard kind. blague and blagues are pronounced identically (\blaɡ\) 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) - “blague” sits inside “blagues”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 7219, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
blague is recorded at frequency rank #1,902, classified as anoun, pronounced \blaɡ\. blagues is at rank #5,317, tagged as anoun, pronounced \blaɡ\.
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 7219, this pair ranks #423,818 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of blague vs blagues
Shared letters: abeglu. Private to "blague": -. Private to "blagues": s.
"blague" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVV · "blagues" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "blague" for "blagues" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "blague" or "blagues" show up more?
What to do next
"blague" and "blagues" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "blague" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "blagues" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #423,818 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "blague" and "blagues" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "blagues vs braqués". 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 #423,818 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.