Which to use
“évêché” and “évêchés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,030
- “évêché” frequency rank
- #42,706
- “évêchés” frequency rank
- 62736
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | évêché | évêchés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Institution ecclésiale rassemblant un évêque, un siège (une église cathédrale), un peuple chrétien et un diocèse (territoire soumis à l’autorité spirituelle de l'évêque d'un même lieu). | Pluriel de évêché. |
Same sound, different letters: évêché vs évêchés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Homophone desk: évêché vs évêchés
This is the hard kind. évêché and évêchés are pronounced identically (\e.ve.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) - “évêché” sits inside “évêchés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62736, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
évêché is recorded at frequency rank #20,030, classified as anoun, pronounced \e.ve.ʃe\. évêchés is at rank #42,706, tagged as anoun, pronounced \e.ve.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 62736, this pair ranks #85,576 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of évêché vs évêchés
Shared letters: chvéê. Private to "évêché": -. Private to "évêchés": s.
"évêché" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCV · "évêchés" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "évêché" and "évêchés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "évêché" or "évêchés" show up more?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "évêché" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "évêchés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #85,576 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "évêché" and "évêchés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "évacués vs évêchés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #85,576 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.