Which to use
“duché” and “duchés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,815
- “duché” frequency rank
- #39,757
- “duchés” frequency rank
- 49572
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | duché | duchés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Seigneurie, principauté à laquelle le titre de duc est attaché. | Pluriel de duché. |
Same sound, different letters: duché vs duchés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. duché runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against duchés's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - duché / duchés
This is the hard kind. duché and duchés are pronounced identically (\dy.ʃe\) 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) - “duché” sits inside “duchés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49572, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
duché is recorded at frequency rank #9,815, classified as anoun, pronounced \dy.ʃe\. duchés is at rank #39,757, tagged as anoun, pronounced \dy.ʃe\.
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 49572, this pair ranks #169,549 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of duché vs duchés
Shared letters: cdhué. Private to "duché": -. Private to "duchés": s.
"duché" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "duchés" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "duché" and "duchés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "duché" vs "duchés" - which ranks higher?
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 "duché" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "duchés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #169,549 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "duché" and "duchés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dèche vs duchés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #169,549 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.