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“mensongère” and “mensongers” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#28,649
“mensongère” frequency rank
#49,794
“mensongers” frequency rank
78443
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mensongère mensongers
Definition Féminin singulier de mensonger. Masculin pluriel de mensonger.

Where the eye mixes mensongère and mensongers

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. mensongère (CVCCVCCVCV) and mensongers (CVCCVCCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

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Visual trap between mensongère and mensongers

A purely visual mix-up. mensongère (\mɑ̃.sɔ̃.ʒɛʁ\) and mensongers (\mɑ̃.sɔ̃.ʒe\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 78443, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mensongère is recorded at frequency rank #28,649, classified as anadj, pronounced \mɑ̃.sɔ̃.ʒɛʁ\. mensongers is at rank #49,794, tagged as anadj, pronounced \mɑ̃.sɔ̃.ʒe\.

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 78443, this pair ranks #25,740 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of mensongère vs mensongers

Shared letters: egmnors. Private to "mensongère": è. Private to "mensongers": -.

"mensongère" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCV  ·  "mensongers" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • mensongers ← emnsongers · mennsongers · menosngers · mensnogers · mensogners · mensonegrs · mensongerrs · mensongerss

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "mensongère" and "mensongers" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\mɑ̃.sɔ̃.ʒɛʁ\ versus \mɑ̃.sɔ̃.ʒe\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary French text, does "mensongère" or "mensongers" show up more?
"mensongère" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #28,649 in our French list, against #49,794 for "mensongers". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "mensongère" and "mensongers" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "mensongère" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "mensongers" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #25,740 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mensongère" and "mensongers" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mensonger vs mensongers". 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 #25,740 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