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Which to use

“congélo” and “congés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#48,995
“congélo” frequency rank
#8,826
“congés” frequency rank
57821
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature congélo congés
Definition Congélateur. Pluriel de congé.

Where the eye mixes congélo and congés

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

7 ch
congélo
6 ch
congés

Look-alike desk: congélo vs congés

A purely visual mix-up. congélo (\kɔ̃.ʒe.lo\) and congés (\kɔ̃.ʒe\) 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 57821, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

congélo is recorded at frequency rank #48,995, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɔ̃.ʒe.lo\. congés is at rank #8,826, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɔ̃.ʒe\.

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 57821, this pair ranks #112,758 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of congélo vs congés

Shared letters: cgnoé. Private to "congélo": l. Private to "congés": s.

"congélo" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV  ·  "congés" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "congélo" and "congés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\kɔ̃.ʒe.lo\ versus \kɔ̃.ʒe\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "congélo" or "congés"?
"congés" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,826 in our French list, against #48,995 for "congélo". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "congélo" and "congés" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "congélo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "congés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #112,758 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "congélo" and "congés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "congeler vs congélo". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #112,758 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list