Which to use
“guerra” is a verb and “guerre” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #42,371
- “guerra” frequency rank
- #316
- “guerre” frequency rank
- 42687
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | guerra | guerre |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de guerrer. | Conflit durable entre deux peuples ou nations qui implique la mobilisation d’armes. |
Where the eye mixes guerra and guerre
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. guerra and guerre follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between guerra and guerre
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: guerra is \ɡɛ.ʁa\ while guerre is \ɡɛʁ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - a in “guerra” becomes e in “guerre”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42687, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
guerra is recorded at frequency rank #42,371, classified as averb, pronounced \ɡɛ.ʁa\. guerre is at rank #316, tagged as anoun, 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 42687, this pair ranks #223,698 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of guerra vs guerre
Shared letters: egru. Private to "guerra": a. Private to "guerre": -.
"guerra" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV · "guerre" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "guerra" and "guerre" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "guerra" or "guerre"?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "guerra" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "guerre" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #223,698 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "guerra" and "guerre" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "guéret vs guerra". 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 #223,698 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.