Which to use
“galère” and “galères” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,063
- “galère” frequency rank
- #14,683
- “galères” frequency rank
- 21746
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | galère | galères |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Vaisseau de forme allongée, allant à rames et à voiles. | Pluriel de galère. |
Same sound, different letters: galère vs galères
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. galère runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against galères's 7 (CVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: galère vs galères
This is the hard kind. galère and galères are pronounced identically (\ɡa.lɛʁ\) and both work as anoun. 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) - “galère” sits inside “galères”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21746, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
galère is recorded at frequency rank #7,063, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɡa.lɛʁ\. galères is at rank #14,683, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɡa.lɛʁ\.
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 21746, this pair ranks #361,623 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of galère vs galères
Shared letters: aeglrè. Private to "galère": -. Private to "galères": s.
"galère" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "galères" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "galère" for "galères" ever safe?
Frequency check: "galère" vs "galères" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "galère" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "galères" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #361,623 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "galère" and "galères" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "galères vs gamètes". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #361,623 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.