Which to use
“gagnées” is an adjective and “gagnons” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #32,827
- “gagnées” frequency rank
- #33,698
- “gagnons” frequency rank
- 66525
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | gagnées | gagnons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de gagné. | Première personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de gagner. |
Where the eye mixes gagnées and gagnons
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: gagnées vs gagnons
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: gagnées is \ɡa.ɲe\ while gagnons is \ɡa.ɲɔ̃\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66525, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
gagnées is recorded at frequency rank #32,827, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɡa.ɲe\. gagnons is at rank #33,698, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɡa.ɲɔ̃\.
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 66525, this pair ranks #67,449 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of gagnées vs gagnons
Shared letters: agns. Private to "gagnées": eé. Private to "gagnons": o.
"gagnées" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "gagnons" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- gagnons ← aggnons · gaggnons · gagnnons · gagnnos · gagnonns · gagnonss · gagnosn · gagonns
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "gagnées" and "gagnons" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "gagnées" or "gagnons" show up more?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "gagnées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "gagnons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #67,449 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "gagnées" and "gagnons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "gageons vs gagnons". 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 #67,449 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.