Which to use
“gagnée” and “gagnées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,942
- “gagnée” frequency rank
- #32,827
- “gagnées” frequency rank
- 47769
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | gagnée | gagnées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de gagné. | Féminin pluriel de gagné. |
Same sound, different letters: gagnée vs gagnées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. gagnée runs 6 letters (CVCCVV) against gagnées's 7 (CVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - gagnée and gagnées
This is the hard kind. gagnée and gagnées are pronounced identically (\ɡa.ɲe\) and both work as anadjective. 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) - “gagnée” sits inside “gagnées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47769, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
gagnée is recorded at frequency rank #14,942, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɡa.ɲe\. gagnées is at rank #32,827, tagged as anadj, 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 47769, this pair ranks #184,287 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of gagnée vs gagnées
Shared letters: aegné. Private to "gagnée": -. Private to "gagnées": s.
"gagnée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "gagnées" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "gagnée" and "gagnées" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "gagnée" vs "gagnées" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "gagnée" / "gagnées". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "gagnée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "gagnées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #184,287 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "gagnée" and "gagnées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "gagnées vs gagneras". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #184,287 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.