Which to use
“courge” and “courges” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #30,546
- “courge” frequency rank
- #49,583
- “courges” frequency rank
- 80129
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | courge | courges |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Genre de plantes de la famille des Cucurbitacées (Cucurbitaceae). | Pluriel de courge. |
Same sound, different letters: courge vs courges
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. courge runs 6 letters (CVVCCV) against courges's 7 (CVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - courge / courges
This is the hard kind. courge and courges are pronounced identically (\kuʁʒ\) 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) - “courge” sits inside “courges”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 80129, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
courge is recorded at frequency rank #30,546, classified as anoun, pronounced \kuʁʒ\. courges is at rank #49,583, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kuʁʒ\.
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 80129, this pair ranks #21,673 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of courge vs courges
Shared letters: cegoru. Private to "courge": -. Private to "courges": s.
"courge" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV · "courges" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "courge" and "courges" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "courge" vs "courges" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "courge" / "courges". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "courge" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "courges" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #21,673 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "courge" and "courges" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "courais vs courges". 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 #21,673 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.