Which to use
“gorge” and “gorgées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,614
- “gorge” frequency rank
- #40,788
- “gorgées” frequency rank
- 44402
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | gorge | gorgées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Partie antérieure du cou de l’homme ou de l’animal. | Pluriel de gorgée. |
Where the eye mixes gorge and gorgées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. gorge runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against gorgées's 7 (CVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between gorge and gorgées
A purely visual mix-up. gorge (\ɡɔʁʒ\) and gorgées (\ɡɔʁ.ʒe\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44402, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
gorge is recorded at frequency rank #3,614, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɡɔʁʒ\. gorgées is at rank #40,788, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɡɔʁ.ʒe\.
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 44402, this pair ranks #210,721 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of gorge vs gorgées
Shared letters: egor. Private to "gorge": -. Private to "gorgées": sé.
"gorge" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "gorgées" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- gorge ← ggorge · gogre · goreg · gorgge · gorrge · groge · ogrge
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "gorge" for "gorgées" ever safe?
Frequency check: "gorge" vs "gorgées" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "gorge" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "gorgées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #210,721 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "gorge" and "gorgées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "gardées vs gorgées". 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 #210,721 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.