Which to use
“compagnon” and “compagnons” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,924
- “compagnon” frequency rank
- #6,479
- “compagnons” frequency rank
- 11403
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | compagnon | compagnons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est propre aux compagnons. | Masculin pluriel de compagnon. |
Same sound, different letters: compagnon vs compagnons
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. compagnon runs 9 letters (CVCCVCCVC) against compagnons's 10 (CVCCVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - compagnon / compagnons
This is the hard kind. compagnon and compagnons are pronounced identically (\kɔ̃.pa.ɲɔ̃\) and both work as anadjective. 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) - “compagnon” sits inside “compagnons”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11403, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
compagnon is recorded at frequency rank #4,924, classified as anadj, pronounced \kɔ̃.pa.ɲɔ̃\. compagnons is at rank #6,479, tagged as anadj, pronounced \kɔ̃.pa.ɲɔ̃\.
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 11403, this pair ranks #409,279 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of compagnon vs compagnons
Shared letters: acgmnop. Private to "compagnon": -. Private to "compagnons": s.
"compagnon" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC · "compagnons" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- compagnon ← ccompagnon · cmopagnon · comapgnon · commpagnon · compaggnon · compagnno · compagnnon · compagnonn
- compagnons ← ccompagnons · cmopagnons · comapgnons · commpagnons · compaggnons · compagnnons · compagnnos · compagnonns
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "compagnon" for "compagnons" ever safe?
Frequency check: "compagnon" vs "compagnons" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "compagnon" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "compagnons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #409,279 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "compagnon" and "compagnons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "compagnons vs comparons". 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 #409,279 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.