# circa vs circle

> French confusable word pair

## The two words

### circa
*preposition · IPA \siʁ.ka\ · frequency rank #42,230*
À peu près, aux environs de, vers.

### circle
*noun · IPA \ˈsɝ.kl̩\ · frequency rank #24,905*
Cercle.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/fr/vs/circa-vs-circle