Which to use
“frégate” and “frégates” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,733
- “frégate” frequency rank
- #28,566
- “frégates” frequency rank
- 49299
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | frégate | frégates |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Navire de guerre qui n’avait qu’une seule batterie couverte et qui portait de vingt à soixante bouches à feu. | Pluriel de frégate. |
Letter map: frégate vs frégates
Shared letters muted; letters that set frégate and frégates apart highlighted. Shared run: 7.
Spelling & dictionary notes on frégate vs frégates
frégate and frégates are indexed as a confusable French pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “frégate” sits inside “frégates”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49299, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
frégate is recorded at frequency rank #20,733, classified as anoun. frégates is at rank #28,566, tagged as anoun, pronounced \fʁe.ɡat\.
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 49299, this pair ranks #171,820 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of frégate vs frégates
Shared letters: aefgrté. Private to "frégate": -. Private to "frégates": s.
"frégate" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCV · "frégates" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "frégate" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "frégates" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #171,820 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
Confusion rank #171,820 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.