Which to use
“captage” and “comptage” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #43,828
- “captage” frequency rank
- #23,145
- “comptage” frequency rank
- 66973
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | captage | comptage |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de capter (une source, de l’eau…). | Dénombrement. |
Where the eye mixes captage and comptage
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: captage vs comptage
A purely visual mix-up. captage (\kap.taʒ\) and comptage (\kɔ̃.taʒ\) 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 66973, 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\. comptage is at rank #23,145, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɔ̃.taʒ\.
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 66973, this pair ranks #65,478 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of captage vs comptage
Shared letters: acegpt. Private to "captage": -. Private to "comptage": mo.
"captage" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "comptage" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "captage" and "comptage" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "captage" vs "comptage" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "captage" and "comptage" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "captage" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "comptage" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #65,478 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "captage" and "comptage" 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 #65,478 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.