Which to use
“mensongères” and “mensongers” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #36,957
- “mensongères” frequency rank
- #49,794
- “mensongers” frequency rank
- 86751
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mensongères | mensongers |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de mensonger. | Masculin pluriel de mensonger. |
Where the eye mixes mensongères and mensongers
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. mensongères runs 11 letters (CVCCVCCVCVC) against mensongers's 10 (CVCCVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: mensongères vs mensongers
A purely visual mix-up. mensongères (\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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 86751, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mensongères is recorded at frequency rank #36,957, 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 86751, this pair ranks #9,220 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of mensongères vs mensongers
Shared letters: egmnors. Private to "mensongères": è. Private to "mensongers": -.
"mensongères" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCVC · "mensongers" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- mensongers ← emnsongers · mennsongers · menosngers · mensnogers · mensogners · mensonegrs · mensongerrs · mensongerss
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "mensongères" for "mensongers" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "mensongères" or "mensongers" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "mensongères" and "mensongers" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "mensongères" 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 #9,220 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mensongères" 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 #9,220 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.