Which to use
“cage” and “cépage” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,639
- “cage” frequency rank
- #25,612
- “cépage” frequency rank
- 31251
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cage | cépage |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Petite loge portative faite de fils de fer ou de menus bâtons d’osier et dans laquelle on enferme ordinairement des petits animaux. | Plant, variété ou clone de vigne cultivée. |
Where the eye mixes cage and cépage
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. cage runs 4 letters (CVCV) against cépage's 6 (CVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: cage vs cépage
A purely visual mix-up. cage (\kaʒ\) and cépage (\se.paʒ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31251, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cage is recorded at frequency rank #5,639, classified as anoun, pronounced \kaʒ\. cépage is at rank #25,612, tagged as anoun, pronounced \se.paʒ\.
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 31251, this pair ranks #304,960 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cage vs cépage
Shared letters: aceg. Private to "cage": -. Private to "cépage": pé.
"cage" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "cépage" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- cage ← acge · caeg · cagge · ccage · cgae
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cage" and "cépage" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "cage" or "cépage"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "cage" and "cépage" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "cage" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cépage" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #304,960 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cage" and "cépage" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cépage vs curage". 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 #304,960 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.