Which to use
“forgée” and “forger” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #33,690
- “forgée” frequency rank
- #18,756
- “forger” frequency rank
- 52446
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | forgée | forger |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de forger. | Façonner le fer, ou quelque autre métal, par le moyen du feu et du marteau. |
Same sound, different letters: forgée vs forger
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. forgée (CVCCVV) and forger (CVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Homophone desk: forgée vs forger
This is the hard kind. forgée and forger are pronounced identically (\fɔʁ.ʒe\) 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52446, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
forgée is recorded at frequency rank #33,690, classified as averb, pronounced \fɔʁ.ʒe\. forger is at rank #18,756, 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 52446, this pair ranks #147,650 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of forgée vs forger
Shared letters: efgor. Private to "forgée": é. Private to "forger": -.
"forgée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "forger" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- forger ← fforger · fogrer · foregr · forgerr · forgger · forgre · forrger · froger
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "forgée" for "forger" ever safe?
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After this comparison
"forgée" and "forger" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "forgée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "forger" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #147,650 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "forgée" and "forger" 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 #147,650 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.