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. |
Same sound, different letters: gorgée vs gorgées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. gorgée runs 6 letters (CVCCVV) against gorgées's 7 (CVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: gorgée vs gorgées
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
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "gorgée" and "gorgées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "gorgée" vs "gorgées" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
"gorgée" and "gorgées" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "gorgée" 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 #87,200 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "gorgée" and "gorgées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "gardées vs gorgées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #87,200 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.