figéesvsfigueConfusable pair

Quick tell: figées is a adjective, figue is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“figées” is an adjective and “figue” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#48,530
“figées” frequency rank
#36,844
“figue” frequency rank
85374
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature figées figue
Definition Féminin pluriel de figé. Faux-fruit comestible du figuier, issu de l’inflorescence contenant des akènes qui sont les fruits proprement dits, contenus dans une pulpe molle et sucrée.

Where the eye mixes figées and figue

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. figées runs 6 letters (CVCVVC) against figue's 5 (CVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
figées
5 ch
figue

Visual trap between figées and figue

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: figées is \fi.ʒe\ while figue is \fiɡ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 85374, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

figées is recorded at frequency rank #48,530, classified as anadj, pronounced \fi.ʒe\. figue is at rank #36,844, tagged as anoun, pronounced \fiɡ\.

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 85374, this pair ranks #11,470 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of figées vs figue

Shared letters: efgi. Private to "figées": sé. Private to "figue": u.

"figées" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC  ·  "figue" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • figue ← ffigue · fgiue · figeu · figgue · fiuge · ifgue

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "figées" for "figue" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "figées" is an adjective and "figue" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "figées" or "figue"?
"figue" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #36,844 in our French list, against #48,530 for "figées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "figées" and "figue" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "figées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "figue" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #11,470 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "figées" and "figue" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "figées vs fioles". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #11,470 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list