Which to use
“cages” and “cépages” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,563
- “cages” frequency rank
- #23,166
- “cépages” frequency rank
- 39729
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cages | cépages |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de cage. | Pluriel de cépage. |
Where the eye mixes cages and cépages
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. cages runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against cépages's 7 (CVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between cages and cépages
A purely visual mix-up. cages (\kaʒ\) and cépages (\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 39729, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cages is recorded at frequency rank #16,563, classified as anoun, pronounced \kaʒ\. cépages is at rank #23,166, 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 39729, this pair ranks #245,822 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cages vs cépages
Shared letters: acegs. Private to "cages": -. Private to "cépages": pé.
"cages" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "cépages" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- cages ← acges · caegs · cagess · cagges · cagse · ccages · cgaes
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cages" and "cépages" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "cages" or "cépages"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "cages" and "cépages" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "cages" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cépages" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #245,822 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cages" and "cépages" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cages vs CPGE". 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 #245,822 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.