Which to use
“ogive” is a noun and “ogives” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #34,222
- “ogive” frequency rank
- #31,158
- “ogives” frequency rank
- 65380
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ogive | ogives |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Chacun des arcs qui, en se croisant en X, soutiennent la voûte dans l’architecture gothique. | Féminin pluriel de ogif. |
Same sound, different letters: ogive vs ogives
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters.
Homophone desk: ogive vs ogives
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: ogive and ogives carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ɔ.ʒiv\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “ogive” sits inside “ogives”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65380, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ogive is recorded at frequency rank #34,222, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɔ.ʒiv\. ogives is at rank #31,158, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɔ.ʒiv\.
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 65380, this pair ranks #72,645 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of ogive vs ogives
Shared letters: egiov. Private to "ogive": -. Private to "ogives": s.
"ogive" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV · "ogives" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
"ogive" and "ogives" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "ogive" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ogives" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #72,645 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ogive" and "ogives" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ogive vs otite". 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 #72,645 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.