Which to use
“langage” and “langue” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,320
- “langage” frequency rank
- #629
- “langue” frequency rank
- 2949
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | langage | langue |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Emploi que l’être humain fait des sons et des articulations de la voix pour exprimer ses pensées et ses sentiments. | Organe musculaire charnu et mobile, situé à l’intérieur de la bouche, et permettant de percevoir le sens du goût et d’articuler certains sons. |
Where the eye mixes langage and langue
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. langage runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against langue's 6 (CVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between langage and langue
A purely visual mix-up. langage (\lɑ̃.ɡaʒ\) and langue (\lɑ̃ɡ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 2949, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
langage is recorded at frequency rank #2,320, classified as anoun, pronounced \lɑ̃.ɡaʒ\. langue is at rank #629, tagged as anoun, pronounced \lɑ̃ɡ\.
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 2949, this pair ranks #435,131 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of langage vs langue
Shared letters: aegln. Private to "langage": -. Private to "langue": u.
"langage" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "langue" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "langage" and "langue" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "langage" vs "langue" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "langage" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "langue" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #435,131 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "langage" and "langue" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "langue vs larguée". 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 #435,131 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.