campagnevschampagnesWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“campagne” and “champagnes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#667
“campagne” frequency rank
#46,053
“champagnes” frequency rank
46720
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature campagne champagnes
Definition Plaine, pays plat et découvert, considérée surtout par rapport à sa culture, à ses productions. Pluriel de champagne.

Where the eye mixes campagne and champagnes

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.

8 ch
campagne
10 ch
champagnes

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

A purely visual mix-up. campagne (\kɑ̃.paɲ\) and champagnes (\ʃɑ̃.paɲ\) 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 46720, 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\. champagnes is at rank #46,053, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʃɑ̃.paɲ\.

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 46720, this pair ranks #192,663 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of campagne vs champagnes

Shared letters: acegmnp. Private to "campagne": -. Private to "champagnes": hs.

"campagne" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV  ·  "champagnes" · 10 letters · shape CCVCCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • campagneacmpagne · camapgne · cammpagne · campagen · campaggne · campagnne · campange · campgane
  • champagnescahmpagnes · cchampagnes · chamapgnes · chammpagnes · champagens · champaggnes · champagness · champagnnes

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "campagne" and "champagnes" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\kɑ̃.paɲ\ versus \ʃɑ̃.paɲ\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "campagne" or "champagnes"?
"campagne" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #667 in our French list, against #46,053 for "champagnes". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list