Which to use
“gâcher” and “gagner” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,714
- “gâcher” frequency rank
- #822
- “gagner” frequency rank
- 11536
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | gâcher | gagner |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Délayer du plâtre, du mortier avec de l’eau. | Acquérir par son travail, par son initiative ou par l’effet des circonstances, du hasard. |
Where the eye mixes gâcher and gagner
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. gâcher (\ɡɑ.ʃe\) and gagner (\ɡa.ɲe\) 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 11536, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
gâcher is recorded at frequency rank #10,714, classified as averb, pronounced \ɡɑ.ʃe\. gagner is at rank #822, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɡa.ɲe\.
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 11536, this pair ranks #408,791 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of gâcher vs gagner
Shared letters: egr. Private to "gâcher": châ. Private to "gagner": an.
"gâcher" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "gagner" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- gagner ← aggner · gagenr · gaggner · gagnerr · gagnner · gagnre · ganger · ggagner