Which to use
“gorgée” and “gorges” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #21,638
- “gorgée” frequency rank
- #12,584
- “gorges” frequency rank
- 34222
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | gorgée | gorges |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Quantité de liquide que l’on peut avaler en une seule fois. | Pluriel de gorge. |
Where the eye mixes gorgée and gorges
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. gorgée (CVCCVV) and gorges (CVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: gorgée vs gorges
A purely visual mix-up. gorgée (\ɡɔʁ.ʒe\) and gorges (\ɡɔʁʒ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34222, 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\. gorges is at rank #12,584, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɡɔʁʒ\.
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 34222, this pair ranks #285,324 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of gorgée vs gorges
Shared letters: egor. Private to "gorgée": é. Private to "gorges": s.
"gorgée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "gorges" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- gorges ← ggorges · gogres · goregs · gorgess · gorgges · gorgse · gorrges · groges
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "gorgée" for "gorges" ever safe?
Which is more common, "gorgée" or "gorges"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "gorgée" and "gorges" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "gorgée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "gorges" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #285,324 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "gorgée" and "gorges" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "gorgée 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 #285,324 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.