Which to use
“échange” and “échanges” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,548
- “échange” frequency rank
- #2,750
- “échanges” frequency rank
- 4298
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | échange | échanges |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action d’échanger une chose contre une autre reçue en contrepartie ; troc. | Pluriel de échange. |
Same sound, different letters: échange vs échanges
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. échange runs 7 letters (VCCVCCV) against échanges's 8 (VCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - échange and échanges
This is the hard kind. échange and échanges are pronounced identically (\e.ʃɑ̃ʒ\) 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) - “échange” sits inside “échanges”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 4298, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
échange is recorded at frequency rank #1,548, classified as anoun, pronounced \e.ʃɑ̃ʒ\. échanges is at rank #2,750, tagged as anoun, pronounced \e.ʃɑ̃ʒ\.
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 4298, this pair ranks #431,965 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of échange vs échanges
Shared letters: aceghné. Private to "échange": -. Private to "échanges": s.
"échange" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV · "échanges" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
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Frequency check: "échange" vs "échanges" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "échange" / "échanges". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "échange" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "échanges" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #431,965 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "échange" and "échanges" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "échanges vs échangeurs". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #431,965 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.