Which to use
“forage” and “forme” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,625
- “forage” frequency rank
- #371
- “forme” frequency rank
- 16996
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | forage | forme |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de forer ou résultat de cette action. | Aspect extérieur, configuration caractéristique ou particulière d’une chose. |
Where the eye mixes forage and forme
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between forage and forme
A purely visual mix-up. forage (\fɔ.ʁaʒ\) and forme (\fɔʁm\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16996, 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\. forme is at rank #371, tagged as anoun, pronounced \fɔʁm\.
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 16996, this pair ranks #385,295 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of forage vs forme
Shared letters: efor. Private to "forage": ag. Private to "forme": m.
"forage" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "forme" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "forage" and "forme" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "forage" or "forme" show up more?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "forage" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "forme" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #385,295 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "forage" and "forme" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "forage vs formaté". 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 #385,295 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.