Which to use
“campagne” and “campaign” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #667
- “campagne” frequency rank
- #48,386
- “campaign” frequency rank
- 49053
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | campagne | campaign |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Plaine, pays plat et découvert, considérée surtout par rapport à sa culture, à ses productions. | Campagne. |
Where the eye mixes campagne and campaign
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. campagne (CVCCVCCV) and campaign (CVCCVVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: campagne vs campaign
A purely visual mix-up. campagne (\kɑ̃.paɲ\) and campaign (\ˌkæm.ˈpeɪn\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49053, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
campagne is recorded at frequency rank #667, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɑ̃.paɲ\. campaign is at rank #48,386, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ˌkæm.ˈpeɪn\.
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 49053, this pair ranks #173,848 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of campagne vs campaign
Shared letters: acgmnp. Private to "campagne": e. Private to "campaign": i.
"campagne" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV · "campaign" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "campagne" and "campaign" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "campagne" vs "campaign" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "campagne" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "campaign" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #173,848 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "campagne" and "campaign" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "campaign vs campion". 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 #173,848 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.