champignonvsChampignyWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: champignon is a noun, Champigny is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“champignon” is a noun and “Champigny” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#14,424
“champignon” frequency rank
#30,942
“Champigny” frequency rank
45366
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature champignon Champigny
Definition Organisme eucaryote unicellulaire ou pluricellulaire dont les cellules sont dépourvues de chlorophylle ou de plaste et dont l’appareil végétatif est un thalle. Commune française, située dans le département de la Marne.

Letter map: champignon vs Champigny

Shared letters muted; letters that set champignon and Champigny apart highlighted. Shared run: 8. champignon runs 10 letters (CCVCCVCCVC) against Champigny's 9 (CCVCCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

10 ch
champignon
9 ch
Champigny

Part-of-speech tell for champignon / Champigny

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: champignon is anoun and Champignyaname. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45366, 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\. Champigny is at rank #30,942, tagged as aname.

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 45366, this pair ranks #203,247 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of champignon vs Champigny

Shared letters: acghimnp. Private to "champignon": o. Private to "Champigny": y.

"champignon" · 10 letters · shape CCVCCVCCVC  ·  "Champigny" · 9 letters · shape CCVCCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • champignon ← cahmpignon · cchampignon · chamipgnon · chammpignon · champginon · champiggnon · champignno · champignnon
  • Champigny ← cahmpigny · cchampigny · chamipgny · chammpigny · champginy · champiggny · champignny · champignyy

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "champignon" for "Champigny" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "champignon" is a noun and "Champigny" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "champignon" or "Champigny"?
"champignon" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,424 in our French list, against #30,942 for "Champigny". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "champignon" and "Champigny".

  • Full dictionary entry for "champignon" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Champigny" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #203,247 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "champignon" and "Champigny" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "champagne 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 #203,247 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list