Which to use
“fâche” and “fâchent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #23,560
- “fâche” frequency rank
- #40,284
- “fâchent” frequency rank
- 63844
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fâche | fâchent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de fâcher. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de fâcher. |
Same sound, different letters: fâche vs fâchent
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. fâche runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against fâchent's 7 (CVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - fâche and fâchent
This is the hard kind. fâche and fâchent are pronounced identically (\fɑʃ\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “fâche” sits inside “fâchent”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63844, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fâche is recorded at frequency rank #23,560, classified as averb, pronounced \fɑʃ\. fâchent is at rank #40,284, tagged as averb, pronounced \fɑʃ\.
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 63844, this pair ranks #79,940 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of fâche vs fâchent
Shared letters: cefhâ. Private to "fâche": -. Private to "fâchent": nt.
"fâche" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "fâchent" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "fâche" and "fâchent" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "fâche" vs "fâchent" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
"fâche" and "fâchent" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "fâche" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fâchent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #79,940 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fâche" and "fâchent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fâche vs fange". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #79,940 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.