Which to use
“captage” and “cépage” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #43,828
- “captage” frequency rank
- #25,612
- “cépage” frequency rank
- 69440
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | captage | cépage |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de capter (une source, de l’eau…). | Plant, variété ou clone de vigne cultivée. |
Where the eye mixes captage and cépage
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. captage runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against cépage's 6 (CVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses captage with cépage
A purely visual mix-up. captage (\kap.taʒ\) and cépage (\se.paʒ\) 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 69440, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
captage is recorded at frequency rank #43,828, classified as anoun, pronounced \kap.taʒ\. cépage is at rank #25,612, tagged as anoun, pronounced \se.paʒ\.
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 69440, this pair ranks #55,093 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of captage vs cépage
Shared letters: acegp. Private to "captage": t. Private to "cépage": é.
"captage" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "cépage" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- captage ← acptage · capatge · capptage · captaeg · captagge · captgae · capttage · catpage
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "captage" and "cépage" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "captage" vs "cépage" - which ranks higher?
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 "captage" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cépage" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #55,093 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "captage" and "cépage" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cantate vs captage". 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 #55,093 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.