Which to use
“cépage” and “cépages” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #25,612
- “cépage” frequency rank
- #23,166
- “cépages” frequency rank
- 48778
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cépage | cépages |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Plant, variété ou clone de vigne cultivée. | Pluriel de cépage. |
Same sound, different letters: cépage vs cépages
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. cépage runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against cépages's 7 (CVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - cépage / cépages
This is the hard kind. cépage and cépages are pronounced identically (\se.paʒ\) 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) - “cépage” sits inside “cépages”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48778, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cépage is recorded at frequency rank #25,612, classified as anoun, pronounced \se.paʒ\. cépages is at rank #23,166, 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 48778, this pair ranks #176,108 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cépage vs cépages
Shared letters: acegpé. Private to "cépage": -. Private to "cépages": s.
"cépage" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "cépages" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "cépage" for "cépages" ever safe?
Which is more common, "cépage" or "cépages"?
After this comparison
"cépage" and "cépages" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "cépage" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cépages" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #176,108 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cépage" and "cépages" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cépage vs curage". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #176,108 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.