largagevslarguéeWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: largage is a noun, larguée is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“largage” is a noun and “larguée” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#41,379
“largage” frequency rank
#46,857
“larguée” frequency rank
88236
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature largage larguée
Definition Parachutage de personnel ou de matériel. Féminin singulier de largué.

Where the eye mixes largage and larguée

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. largage (CVCCVCV) and larguée (CVCCVVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

7 ch
largage
7 ch
larguée

Why the eye confuses largage with larguée

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: largage is \laʁ.ɡaʒ\ while larguée is \laʁ.ɡe\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 88236, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

largage is recorded at frequency rank #41,379, classified as anoun, pronounced \laʁ.ɡaʒ\. larguée is at rank #46,857, tagged as anadj, pronounced \laʁ.ɡe\.

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 88236, this pair ranks #7,245 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of largage vs larguée

Shared letters: aeglr. Private to "largage": -. Private to "larguée": ué.

"largage" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV  ·  "larguée" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • largage ← alrgage · lagrage · laragge · largaeg · largagge · larggae · larggage · larrgage

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "largage" for "larguée" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "largage" is a noun and "larguée" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "largage" or "larguée"?
"largage" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #41,379 in our French list, against #46,857 for "larguée". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "largage" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "larguée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #7,245 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "largage" and "larguée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "largue 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 #7,245 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list