Which to use
“bourgeon” and “bourgeons” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #37,697
- “bourgeon” frequency rank
- #31,372
- “bourgeons” frequency rank
- 69069
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | bourgeon | bourgeons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Œil des arbres et des arbrisseaux, qui va se développant et d’où doivent sortir des branches, des feuilles ou des fleurs. | Pluriel de bourgeon. |
Same sound, different letters: bourgeon vs bourgeons
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - bourgeon / bourgeons
This is the hard kind. bourgeon and bourgeons are pronounced identically (\buʁ.ʒɔ̃\) 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) - “bourgeon” sits inside “bourgeons”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69069, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
bourgeon is recorded at frequency rank #37,697, classified as anoun, pronounced \buʁ.ʒɔ̃\. bourgeons is at rank #31,372, tagged as anoun, pronounced \buʁ.ʒɔ̃\.
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 69069, this pair ranks #56,597 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of bourgeon vs bourgeons
Shared letters: begnoru. Private to "bourgeon": -. Private to "bourgeons": s.
"bourgeon" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVVC · "bourgeons" · 9 letters · shape CVVCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "bourgeon" and "bourgeons" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "bourgeon" or "bourgeons"?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "bourgeon" / "bourgeons". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "bourgeon" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "bourgeons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #56,597 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "bourgeon" and "bourgeons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bougon vs bourgeon". 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 #56,597 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.