Which to use
“campagne” and “compagnie” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #667
- “campagne” frequency rank
- #751
- “compagnie” frequency rank
- 1418
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | campagne | compagnie |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Plaine, pays plat et découvert, considérée surtout par rapport à sa culture, à ses productions. | Réunion de plusieurs personnes assemblées pour le plaisir d’être en société. |
Where the eye mixes campagne and compagnie
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. campagne runs 8 letters (CVCCVCCV) against compagnie's 9 (CVCCVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses campagne with compagnie
A purely visual mix-up. campagne (\kɑ̃.paɲ\) and compagnie (\kɔ̃.pa.ɲi\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 1418, 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\. compagnie is at rank #751, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɔ̃.pa.ɲi\.
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 1418, this pair ranks #438,103 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of campagne vs compagnie
Shared letters: acegmnp. Private to "campagne": -. Private to "compagnie": io.
"campagne" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV · "compagnie" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "campagne" and "compagnie" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "campagne" or "compagnie" show up more?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "campagne" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "compagnie" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #438,103 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "campagne" and "compagnie" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "campagne vs campaign". 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 #438,103 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.