Which to use
“blagues” is a noun and “braqués” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #5,317
- “blagues” frequency rank
- #43,307
- “braqués” frequency rank
- 48624
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | blagues | braqués |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de blague. | Participe passé masculin pluriel du verbe braquer. |
Where the eye mixes blagues and braqués
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: blagues vs braqués
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: blagues is \blaɡ\ while braqués is \bʁa.ke\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48624, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
blagues is recorded at frequency rank #5,317, classified as anoun, pronounced \blaɡ\. braqués is at rank #43,307, tagged as averb, pronounced \bʁa.ke\.
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 48624, this pair ranks #177,375 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of blagues vs braqués
Shared letters: absu. Private to "blagues": egl. Private to "braqués": qré.
"blagues" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVC · "braqués" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- blagues ← balgues · bblagues · blageus · blaggues · blaguess · blaguse · blauges · blgaues
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "blagues" for "braqués" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "blagues" or "braqués" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "blagues" and "braqués" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "blagues" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "braqués" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #177,375 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "blagues" and "braqués" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "branles 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 #177,375 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.