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“champignon” and “champignons” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,424
- “champignon” frequency rank
- #7,540
- “champignons” frequency rank
- 21964
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | champignon | champignons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Organisme eucaryote unicellulaire ou pluricellulaire dont les cellules sont dépourvues de chlorophylle ou de plaste et dont l’appareil végétatif est un thalle. | Pluriel de champignon. |
Same sound, different letters: champignon vs champignons
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters. champignon runs 10 letters (CCVCCVCCVC) against champignons's 11 (CCVCCVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: champignon vs champignons
This is the hard kind. champignon and champignons are pronounced identically (\ʃɑ̃.pi.ɲɔ̃\) 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) - “champignon” sits inside “champignons”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21964, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
champignon is recorded at frequency rank #14,424, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʃɑ̃.pi.ɲɔ̃\. champignons is at rank #7,540, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʃɑ̃.pi.ɲɔ̃\.
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 21964, this pair ranks #360,501 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of champignon vs champignons
Shared letters: acghimnop. Private to "champignon": -. Private to "champignons": s.
"champignon" · 10 letters · shape CCVCCVCCVC · "champignons" · 11 letters · shape CCVCCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- champignon ← cahmpignon · cchampignon · chamipgnon · chammpignon · champginon · champiggnon · champignno · champignnon
- champignons ← cahmpignons · cchampignons · chamipgnons · chammpignons · champginons · champiggnons · champignnons · champignnos
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "champignon" and "champignons" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "champignon" or "champignons"?
After this comparison
"champignon" and "champignons" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "champignon" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "champignons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #360,501 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "champignon" and "champignons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "champignon vs Champigny". 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 #360,501 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.