chorégraphie vs chorégraphies

Which to use

“chorégraphie” and “chorégraphies” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#18,434
“chorégraphie” frequency rank: #34,934
“chorégraphies” frequency rank: 53368
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	chorégraphie	chorégraphies
Definition	Art de composer les pas et les figures de danse, de régler des ballets.	Pluriel de chorégraphie.

Same sound, different letters: chorégraphie vs chorégraphies

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 12 letters. chorégraphie runs 12 letters (CCVCVCCVCCVV) against chorégraphies's 13 (CCVCVCCVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

12 ch

chorégraphie

13 ch

chorégraphies

Same sound, different spelling - chorégraphie / chorégraphies

This is the hard kind. chorégraphie and chorégraphies are pronounced identically (\kɔ.ʁe.ɡʁa.fi\) 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) - “chorégraphie” sits inside “chorégraphies”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53368, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

chorégraphie is recorded at frequency rank #18,434, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɔ.ʁe.ɡʁa.fi\. chorégraphies is at rank #34,934, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɔ.ʁe.ɡʁa.fi\.

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 53368, this pair ranks #141,185 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of chorégraphie vs chorégraphies

Shared letters: aceghiopré. Private to "chorégraphie": -. Private to "chorégraphies": s.

"chorégraphie" · 12 letters · shape CCVCVCCVCCVV · "chorégraphies" · 13 letters · shape CCVCVCCVCCVVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "chorégraphie" and "chorégraphies" be used interchangeably?

No. They are pronounced the same (\kɔ.ʁe.ɡʁa.fi\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.

Frequency check: "chorégraphie" vs "chorégraphies" - which ranks higher?

"chorégraphie" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,434 in our French list, against #34,934 for "chorégraphies". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

"chorégraphie" and "chorégraphies" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.

Full dictionary entry for "chorégraphie" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "chorégraphies" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #141,185 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"chorégraphie" and "chorégraphies" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "chorégraphes vs chorégraphies". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #141,185 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.