Which to use
“congés” and “congres” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,826
- “congés” frequency rank
- #49,568
- “congres” frequency rank
- 58394
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | congés | congres |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de congé. | Pluriel de congre. |
Where the eye mixes congés and congres
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. congés runs 6 letters (CVCCVC) against congres's 7 (CVCCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses congés with congres
A purely visual mix-up. congés (\kɔ̃.ʒe\) and congres (\kɔ̃ɡʁ\) 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 58394, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
congés is recorded at frequency rank #8,826, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɔ̃.ʒe\. congres is at rank #49,568, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɔ̃ɡʁ\.
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 58394, this pair ranks #109,318 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of congés vs congres
Shared letters: cgnos. Private to "congés": é. Private to "congres": er.
"congés" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "congres" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- congres ← ccongres · cnogres · cognres · congers · conggres · congrres · congrse · conngres
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "congés" and "congres" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "congés" vs "congres" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "congés" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "congres" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #109,318 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "congés" and "congres" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "conférés vs congres". 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 #109,318 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.