Which to use
“boulangerie” and “boulangeries” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,121
- “boulangerie” frequency rank
- #32,711
- “boulangeries” frequency rank
- 42832
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | boulangerie | boulangeries |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Lieu où est fabriqué et vendu le pain; souvent, des viennoiseries y sont également confectionnées et vendues. | Pluriel de boulangerie. |
Same sound, different letters: boulangerie vs boulangeries
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 11 letters. boulangerie runs 11 letters (CVVCVCCVCVV) against boulangeries's 12 (CVVCVCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - boulangerie and boulangeries
This is the hard kind. boulangerie and boulangeries are pronounced identically (\bu.lɑ̃ʒ.ʁi\) 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) - “boulangerie” sits inside “boulangeries”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42832, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
boulangerie is recorded at frequency rank #10,121, classified as anoun, pronounced \bu.lɑ̃ʒ.ʁi\. boulangeries is at rank #32,711, tagged as anoun, pronounced \bu.lɑ̃ʒ.ʁi\.
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 42832, this pair ranks #222,617 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of boulangerie vs boulangeries
Shared letters: abegilnoru. Private to "boulangerie": -. Private to "boulangeries": s.
"boulangerie" · 11 letters · shape CVVCVCCVCVV · "boulangeries" · 12 letters · shape CVVCVCCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- boulangerie ← bboulangerie · boluangerie · boualngerie · boulagnerie · boulanegrie · boulangeire · boulangerei · boulangerrie
- boulangeries ← bboulangeries · boluangeries · boualngeries · boulagneries · boulanegries · boulangeires · boulangereis · boulangeriess
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "boulangerie" and "boulangeries" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "boulangerie" or "boulangeries" show up more?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "boulangerie" / "boulangeries". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "boulangerie" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "boulangeries" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #222,617 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "boulangerie" and "boulangeries" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "boulangère vs boulangeries". 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 #222,617 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.