Which to use
“compère” and “compères” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #30,532
- “compère” frequency rank
- #29,701
- “compères” frequency rank
- 60233
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | compère | compères |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Parrain d’un enfant, par rapport à la marraine et aux parents de l'enfant. | Pluriel de compère. |
Same sound, different letters: compère vs compères
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - compère / compères
This is the hard kind. compère and compères are pronounced identically (\kɔ̃.pɛʁ\) 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) - “compère” sits inside “compères”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60233, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
compère is recorded at frequency rank #30,532, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɔ̃.pɛʁ\. compères is at rank #29,701, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɔ̃.pɛʁ\.
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 60233, this pair ranks #98,732 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of compère vs compères
Shared letters: cemoprè. Private to "compère": -. Private to "compères": s.
"compère" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "compères" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "compère" and "compères" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "compère" or "compères" show up more?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "compère" / "compères". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "compère" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "compères" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #98,732 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "compère" and "compères" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "compères vs comptées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #98,732 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.