Which to use
“gérée” is a verb and “guère” is an adverb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #13,607
- “gérée” frequency rank
- #3,924
- “guère” frequency rank
- 17531
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | gérée | guère |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de gérer. | Presque pas ; presque rien. |
Where the eye mixes gérée and guère
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: gérée is \ʒe.ʁe\ while guère is \ɡɛʁ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adverb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17531, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
gérée is recorded at frequency rank #13,607, classified as averb, pronounced \ʒe.ʁe\. guère is at rank #3,924, tagged as anadv, pronounced \ɡɛʁ\.
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 17531, this pair ranks #382,704 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of gérée vs guère
Shared letters: egr. Private to "gérée": é. Private to "guère": uè.
"gérée" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "guère" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV