Which to use
“dague” and “dragues” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #31,913
- “dague” frequency rank
- #47,291
- “dragues” frequency rank
- 79204
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dague | dragues |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Espèce de long poignard. | Pluriel de drague. |
Where the eye mixes dague and dragues
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between dague and dragues
A purely visual mix-up. dague (\daɡ\) and dragues (\dʁaɡ\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 79204, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dague is recorded at frequency rank #31,913, classified as anoun, pronounced \daɡ\. dragues is at rank #47,291, tagged as anoun, pronounced \dʁaɡ\.
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 79204, this pair ranks #23,861 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of dague vs dragues
Shared letters: adegu. Private to "dague": -. Private to "dragues": rs.
"dague" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "dragues" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "dague" and "dragues" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "dague" vs "dragues" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "dague" and "dragues" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "dague" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dragues" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #23,861 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dague" and "dragues" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dragues vs dragueur". 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 #23,861 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.