Which to use
“neige” and “neiges” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,290
- “neige” frequency rank
- #9,882
- “neiges” frequency rank
- 12172
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | neige | neiges |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forme de pluie cristalline se produisant lorsque la température descend en dessous de 0 °C, les gouttes d’eau s’étant transformées en flocons blancs et légers. | Pluriel de neige. |
Same sound, different letters: neige vs neiges
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters.
Homophone desk: neige vs neiges
This is the hard kind. neige and neiges are pronounced identically (\nɛʒ\) 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) - “neige” sits inside “neiges”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12172, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
neige is recorded at frequency rank #2,290, classified as anoun, pronounced \nɛʒ\. neiges is at rank #9,882, tagged as anoun, pronounced \nɛʒ\.
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 12172, this pair ranks #406,304 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of neige vs neiges
Shared letters: egin. Private to "neige": -. Private to "neiges": s.
"neige" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "neiges" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Frequency check: "neige" vs "neiges" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
"neige" and "neiges" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "neige" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "neiges" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #406,304 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "neige" and "neiges" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "naïves vs neiges". 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 #406,304 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.