Which to use
“fougère” and “fougères” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #36,847
- “fougère” frequency rank
- #22,273
- “fougères” frequency rank
- 59120
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fougère | fougères |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Plante aux grandes feuilles, dont les très nombreuses espèces constituent la classe des filicinées, la plus importante classe des cryptogames vasculaires. | Pluriel de fougère. |
Same sound, different letters: fougère vs fougères
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. fougère runs 7 letters (CVVCVCV) against fougères's 8 (CVVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: fougère vs fougères
This is the hard kind. fougère and fougères are pronounced identically (\fu.ʒɛʁ\) 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) - “fougère” sits inside “fougères”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59120, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fougère is recorded at frequency rank #36,847, classified as anoun, pronounced \fu.ʒɛʁ\. fougères is at rank #22,273, tagged as anoun, pronounced \fu.ʒɛʁ\.
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 59120, this pair ranks #104,962 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of fougère vs fougères
Shared letters: efgoruè. Private to "fougère": -. Private to "fougères": s.
"fougère" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCV · "fougères" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "fougère" and "fougères" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "fougère" or "fougères"?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "fougère" / "fougères". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "fougère" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fougères" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #104,962 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fougère" and "fougères" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "forgée vs fougère". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #104,962 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.