Which to use
“échafaudage” and “échafaudages” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #38,612
- “échafaudage” frequency rank
- #44,821
- “échafaudages” frequency rank
- 83433
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | échafaudage | échafaudages |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action d’établir des échafauds pour bâtir, pour peindre ou pour faire tout autre travail. | Pluriel de échafaudage. |
Where the eye mixes échafaudage and échafaudages
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 11 letters in sequence. échafaudage runs 11 letters (VCCVCVVCVCV) against échafaudages's 12 (VCCVCVVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between échafaudage and échafaudages
A purely visual mix-up. échafaudage (\e.ʃa.fo.daʒ\) and échafaudages (\e.ʃa.fɔ.daʒ\) 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 extra letter(s) - “échafaudage” sits inside “échafaudages”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 83433, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
échafaudage is recorded at frequency rank #38,612, classified as anoun, pronounced \e.ʃa.fo.daʒ\. échafaudages is at rank #44,821, tagged as anoun, pronounced \e.ʃa.fɔ.daʒ\.
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 83433, this pair ranks #14,846 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of échafaudage vs échafaudages
Shared letters: acdefghué. Private to "échafaudage": -. Private to "échafaudages": s.
"échafaudage" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCVVCVCV · "échafaudages" · 12 letters · shape VCCVCVVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "échafaudage" for "échafaudages" ever safe?
Which is more common, "échafaudage" or "échafaudages"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "échafaudage" and "échafaudages" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "échafaudage" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "échafaudages" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #14,846 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
Confusion rank #14,846 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.