Which to use
“navigué” is a verb and “navire” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #38,443
- “navigué” frequency rank
- #3,092
- “navire” frequency rank
- 41535
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | navigué | navire |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de naviguer. | Bateau qui sert à naviguer sur mer. |
Where the eye mixes navigué and navire
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. navigué runs 7 letters (CVCVCVV) against navire's 6 (CVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between navigué and navire
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: navigué is \na.vi.ɡe\ while navire is \na.viʁ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41535, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
navigué is recorded at frequency rank #38,443, classified as averb, pronounced \na.vi.ɡe\. navire is at rank #3,092, tagged as anoun, pronounced \na.viʁ\.
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 41535, this pair ranks #232,385 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of navigué vs navire
Shared letters: ainv. Private to "navigué": gué. Private to "navire": er.
"navigué" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV · "navire" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- navire ← anvire · naivre · navier · navirre · navrie · navvire · nnavire · nvaire
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "navigué" and "navire" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "navigué" or "navire"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "navigué" and "navire" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "navigué" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "navire" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #232,385 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "navigué" and "navire" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "navigué vs naviguent". 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 #232,385 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.