# bougies vs bougre

> French confusable word pair

## The two words

### bougies
*noun · IPA \bu.ʒi\ · frequency rank #10,281*
Pluriel de bougie.

### bougre
*noun · IPA \buɡʁ\ · frequency rank #32,311*
Sodomite.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/fr/vs/bougies-vs-bougre