Which to use
“forage” is a noun and “forgée” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #16,625
- “forage” frequency rank
- #33,690
- “forgée” frequency rank
- 50315
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | forage | forgée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de forer ou résultat de cette action. | Participe passé féminin singulier de forger. |
Where the eye mixes forage and forgée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between forage and forgée
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: forage is \fɔ.ʁaʒ\ while forgée is \fɔʁ.ʒe\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50315, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
forage is recorded at frequency rank #16,625, classified as anoun, pronounced \fɔ.ʁaʒ\. forgée is at rank #33,690, tagged as averb, pronounced \fɔʁ.ʒe\.
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 50315, this pair ranks #163,624 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of forage vs forgée
Shared letters: efgor. Private to "forage": a. Private to "forgée": é.
"forage" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "forgée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- forage ← fforage · foarge · foraeg · foragge · forgae · forrage · froage · ofrage
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "forage" and "forgée" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "forage" vs "forgée" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "forage" and "forgée" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "forage" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "forgée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #163,624 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "forage" and "forgée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "forer vs forgée". 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 #163,624 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.