Which to use
“gagnent” and “gagnes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,960
- “gagnent” frequency rank
- #11,971
- “gagnes” frequency rank
- 18931
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | gagnent | gagnes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de gagner. | Deuxième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de gagner. |
Same sound, different letters: gagnent vs gagnes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. gagnent runs 7 letters (CVCCVCC) against gagnes's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - gagnent and gagnes
This is the hard kind. gagnent and gagnes are pronounced identically (\ɡaɲ\) and both work as averb. 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18931, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
gagnent is recorded at frequency rank #6,960, classified as averb, pronounced \ɡaɲ\. gagnes is at rank #11,971, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɡaɲ\.
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 18931, this pair ranks #375,877 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of gagnent vs gagnes
Shared letters: aegn. Private to "gagnent": t. Private to "gagnes": s.
"gagnent" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC · "gagnes" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "gagnent" and "gagnes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "gagnent" or "gagnes" show up more?
What to do next
"gagnent" and "gagnes" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "gagnent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "gagnes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #375,877 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "gagnent" and "gagnes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "gagneras vs gagnes". 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 #375,877 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.