Which to use
“cigogne” and “cigognes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #38,702
- “cigogne” frequency rank
- #46,066
- “cigognes” frequency rank
- 84768
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cigogne | cigognes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Oiseau échassier migrateur aux longues pattes et au long bec droit (du genre Ciconia). | Pluriel de cigogne. |
Same sound, different letters: cigogne vs cigognes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. cigogne runs 7 letters (CVCVCCV) against cigognes's 8 (CVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - cigogne and cigognes
This is the hard kind. cigogne and cigognes are pronounced identically (\si.ɡɔɲ\) 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) - “cigogne” sits inside “cigognes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 84768, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cigogne is recorded at frequency rank #38,702, classified as anoun, pronounced \si.ɡɔɲ\. cigognes is at rank #46,066, tagged as anoun, pronounced \si.ɡɔɲ\.
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 84768, this pair ranks #12,406 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of cigogne vs cigognes
Shared letters: cegino. Private to "cigogne": -. Private to "cigognes": s.
"cigogne" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV · "cigognes" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "cigogne" and "cigognes" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "cigogne" vs "cigognes" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "cigogne" / "cigognes". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "cigogne" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cigognes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #12,406 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cigogne" and "cigognes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cigogne vs cogné". 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 #12,406 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.