Which to use
“horloge” and “horloges” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,841
- “horloge” frequency rank
- #26,752
- “horloges” frequency rank
- 34593
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | horloge | horloges |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Instrument destiné à mesurer le temps et à indiquer l'heure. | Pluriel de horloge. |
Same sound, different letters: horloge vs horloges
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.
Homophone desk: horloge vs horloges
This is the hard kind. horloge and horloges are pronounced identically (^((h muet))\ɔʁ.lɔʒ\) 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) - “horloge” sits inside “horloges”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34593, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
horloge is recorded at frequency rank #7,841, classified as anoun, pronounced ^((h muet))\ɔʁ.lɔʒ\. horloges is at rank #26,752, tagged as anoun, pronounced ^((h muet))\ɔʁ.lɔʒ\.
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 34593, this pair ranks #282,738 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of horloge vs horloges
Shared letters: eghlor. Private to "horloge": -. Private to "horloges": s.
"horloge" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "horloges" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "horloge" for "horloges" ever safe?
Frequency check: "horloge" vs "horloges" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "horloge" / "horloges". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "horloge" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "horloges" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #282,738 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "horloge" and "horloges" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "horloger vs horloges". 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 #282,738 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.