désagrément vs désagréments

Which to use

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

#31,940
“désagrément” frequency rank: #28,529
“désagréments” frequency rank: 60469
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	désagrément	désagréments
Definition	Chose désagréable, sujet de chagrin, d’ennui, de dégoût.	Pluriel de désagrément.

Same sound, different letters: désagrément vs désagréments

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 11 letters. désagrément runs 11 letters (CVCVCCVCVCC) against désagréments's 12 (CVCVCCVCVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

11 ch

désagrément

12 ch

désagréments

Same sound, different spelling - désagrément / désagréments

This is the hard kind. désagrément and désagréments are pronounced identically (\de.za.ɡʁe.mɑ̃\) 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) - “désagrément” sits inside “désagréments”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60469, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

désagrément is recorded at frequency rank #31,940, classified as anoun, pronounced \de.za.ɡʁe.mɑ̃\. désagréments is at rank #28,529, tagged as anoun, pronounced \de.za.ɡʁe.mɑ̃\.

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 60469, this pair ranks #97,412 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of désagrément vs désagréments

Shared letters: adegmnrsté. Private to "désagrément": -. Private to "désagréments": -.

"désagrément" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCCVCVCC · "désagréments" · 12 letters · shape CVCVCCVCVCCC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "désagrément" and "désagréments" mean the same thing in a sentence?

No. They are pronounced the same (\de.za.ɡʁe.mɑ̃\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.

Which is more common, "désagrément" or "désagréments"?

"désagréments" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #28,529 in our French list, against #31,940 for "désagrément". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.

Full dictionary entry for "désagrément" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "désagréments" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #97,412 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"désagrément" and "désagréments" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "délabrement vs désagrément". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #97,412 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.