Which to use
“campement” and “campements” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,874
- “campement” frequency rank
- #34,916
- “campements” frequency rank
- 49790
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | campement | campements |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de camper, ou le camp lui-même. | Pluriel de campement. |
Same sound, different letters: campement vs campements
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. campement runs 9 letters (CVCCVCVCC) against campements's 10 (CVCCVCVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - campement / campements
This is the hard kind. campement and campements are pronounced identically (\kɑ̃p.mɑ̃\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “campement” sits inside “campements”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49790, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
campement is recorded at frequency rank #14,874, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɑ̃p.mɑ̃\. campements is at rank #34,916, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɑ̃p.mɑ̃\.
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 49790, this pair ranks #167,835 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of campement vs campements
Shared letters: acemnpt. Private to "campement": -. Private to "campements": s.
"campement" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCC · "campements" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- campement ← acmpement · camepment · cammpement · campeemnt · campemennt · campementt · campemetn · campemment
- campements ← acmpements · camepments · cammpements · campeemnts · campemennts · campemenst · campementss · campementts
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "campement" and "campements" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "campement" or "campements"?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "campement" / "campements". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "campement" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "campements" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #167,835 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "campement" and "campements" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "campement vs campent". 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 #167,835 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.