Which to use
“forge” and “forges” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,389
- “forge” frequency rank
- #18,488
- “forges” frequency rank
- 31877
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | forge | forges |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Usine dans laquelle la fonte de fer est transformée en métal. | Pluriel de forge. |
Same sound, different letters: forge vs forges
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - forge and forges
This is the hard kind. forge and forges are pronounced identically (\fɔʁʒ\) 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) - “forge” sits inside “forges”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31877, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
forge is recorded at frequency rank #13,389, classified as anoun, pronounced \fɔʁʒ\. forges is at rank #18,488, tagged as anoun, pronounced \fɔʁʒ\.
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 31877, this pair ranks #301,008 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of forge vs forges
Shared letters: efgor. Private to "forge": -. Private to "forges": s.
"forge" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "forges" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "forge" and "forges" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "forge" or "forges" 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 "forge" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "forges" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #301,008 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "forge" and "forges" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "foies vs forges". 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 #301,008 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.