Which to use
“maigres” and “maigret” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,476
- “maigres” frequency rank
- #44,036
- “maigret” frequency rank
- 61512
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | maigres | maigret |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de maigre. | Un peu trop maigre, chétif, maigrichon. |
Where the eye mixes maigres and maigret
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. maigres and maigret follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: maigres vs maigret
A purely visual mix-up. maigres (\mɛɡʁ\) and maigret (\mɛ.ɡʁɛ\) 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 a single letter - s in “maigres” becomes t in “maigret”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61512, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
maigres is recorded at frequency rank #17,476, classified as anadj, pronounced \mɛɡʁ\. maigret is at rank #44,036, tagged as anadj, pronounced \mɛ.ɡʁɛ\.
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 61512, this pair ranks #91,857 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of maigres vs maigret
Shared letters: aegimr. Private to "maigres": s. Private to "maigret": t.
"maigres" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC · "maigret" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "maigres" and "maigret" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "maigres" or "maigret" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "maigres" and "maigret" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "maigres" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "maigret" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #91,857 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "maigres" and "maigret" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "magret vs maigret". 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 #91,857 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.