Which to use
“forger” and “formée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,756
- “forger” frequency rank
- #6,959
- “formée” frequency rank
- 25715
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | forger | formée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Façonner le fer, ou quelque autre métal, par le moyen du feu et du marteau. | Participe passé féminin singulier de former. |
Where the eye mixes forger and formée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: forger vs formée
A purely visual mix-up. forger (\fɔʁ.ʒe\) and formée (\fɔʁ.me\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25715, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
forger is recorded at frequency rank #18,756, classified as averb, pronounced \fɔʁ.ʒe\. formée is at rank #6,959, tagged as averb, pronounced \fɔʁ.me\.
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 25715, this pair ranks #339,284 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of forger vs formée
Shared letters: efor. Private to "forger": g. Private to "formée": mé.
"forger" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "formée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- forger ← fforger · fogrer · foregr · forgerr · forgger · forgre · forrger · froger
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "forger" for "formée" ever safe?
Which is more common, "forger" or "formée"?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "forger" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "formée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #339,284 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "forger" and "formée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Finger vs forger". 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 #339,284 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.