Which to use
“campagne” and “compagne” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #667
- “campagne” frequency rank
- #7,038
- “compagne” frequency rank
- 7705
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | campagne | compagne |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Plaine, pays plat et découvert, considérée surtout par rapport à sa culture, à ses productions. | Celle qui partage le sort de quelqu’un. |
Where the eye mixes campagne and compagne
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. campagne (\kɑ̃.paɲ\) and compagne (\kɔ̃.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 a single letter - a in “campagne” becomes o in “compagne”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 7705, 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\. compagne is at rank #7,038, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɔ̃.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 7705, this pair ranks #422,379 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of campagne vs compagne
Shared letters: acegmnp. Private to "campagne": -. Private to "compagne": o.
"campagne" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV · "compagne" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV