gorgée vs gorgées, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“gorgée” and “gorgées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#21,638
“gorgée” frequency rank: #40,788
“gorgées” frequency rank: 62426
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	gorgée	gorgées
Definition	Quantité de liquide que l’on peut avaler en une seule fois.	Pluriel de gorgée.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set gorgée and gorgées apart are highlighted. They share 6 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

6 ch

gorgée

7 ch

gorgées

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

This is the hard kind. gorgée and gorgées are pronounced identically (\ɡɔʁ.ʒe\) 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) - “gorgée” sits inside “gorgées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62426, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

gorgée is recorded at frequency rank #21,638, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɡɔʁ.ʒe\. 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 62426, this pair ranks #87,200 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of gorgée vs gorgées

Shared letters: egoré. Private to "gorgée": -. Private to "gorgées": s.

"gorgée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "gorgées" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC

Frequency comparison

gorgée#21,638

gorgées#40,788

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "gorgée" and "gorgées" be used interchangeably?

No. They are pronounced the same (\ɡɔʁ.ʒe\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.

Which is more common, "gorgée" or "gorgées"?

"gorgée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #21,638 in our French list, against #40,788 for "gorgées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering gorgée vs gorgées

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Read both glosses above and match the meaning you intend, only context separates this pair.
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