Which to use
“mégot” and “mégots” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #40,389
- “mégot” frequency rank
- #38,934
- “mégots” frequency rank
- 79323
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mégot | mégots |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Bout qui reste d’un cigare ou d’une cigarette quand on a fini de les fumer. | Pluriel de mégot. |
Same sound, different letters: mégot vs mégots
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. mégot runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against mégots's 6 (CVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: mégot vs mégots
This is the hard kind. mégot and mégots are pronounced identically (\me.ɡo\) 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) - “mégot” sits inside “mégots”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 79323, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mégot is recorded at frequency rank #40,389, classified as anoun, pronounced \me.ɡo\. mégots is at rank #38,934, tagged as anoun, pronounced \me.ɡo\.
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 79323, this pair ranks #23,592 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of mégot vs mégots
Shared letters: gmoté. Private to "mégot": -. Private to "mégots": s.
"mégot" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "mégots" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "mégot" and "mégots" mean the same thing in a sentence?
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Useful next steps
"mégot" and "mégots" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "mégot" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mégots" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #23,592 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mégot" and "mégots" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mégot vs memo". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #23,592 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.