Which to use
“compagnies” and “companies” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,868
- “compagnies” frequency rank
- #46,076
- “companies” frequency rank
- 48944
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | compagnies | companies |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de compagnie. | Pluriel de company. |
Where the eye mixes compagnies and companies
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. compagnies runs 10 letters (CVCCVCCVVC) against companies's 9 (CVCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between compagnies and companies
A purely visual mix-up. compagnies (\kɔ̃.pa.ɲi\) and companies (\ˈkʌm.pə.niz\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48944, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
compagnies is recorded at frequency rank #2,868, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɔ̃.pa.ɲi\. companies is at rank #46,076, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ˈkʌm.pə.niz\.
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 48944, this pair ranks #174,794 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of compagnies vs companies
Shared letters: aceimnops. Private to "compagnies": g. Private to "companies": -.
"compagnies" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVVC · "companies" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- compagnies ← ccompagnies · cmopagnies · comapgnies · commpagnies · compaggnies · compagines · compagneis · compagniess
- companies ← ccompanies · cmopanies · comapnies · commpanies · compaines · companeis · companiess · companise
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "compagnies" for "companies" ever safe?
Frequency check: "compagnies" vs "companies" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "compagnies" and "companies" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "compagnies" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "companies" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #174,794 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "compagnies" and "companies" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "companies vs compares". 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 #174,794 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.