Which to use
“ogre” and “ogres” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #22,019
- “ogre” frequency rank
- #42,498
- “ogres” frequency rank
- 64517
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ogre | ogres |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Personnage de conte de fées, sorte de monstre, de géant qui passe pour se nourrir de chair humaine, spécialement de celle des enfants. | Pluriel de ogre. |
Where the eye mixes ogre and ogres
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. ogre runs 4 letters (VCCV) against ogres's 5 (VCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: ogre vs ogres
A purely visual mix-up. ogre (\ɔɡʁ\) and ogres (\ˈəʊ.ɡəz\) 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 extra letter(s) - “ogre” sits inside “ogres”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64517, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ogre is recorded at frequency rank #22,019, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɔɡʁ\. ogres is at rank #42,498, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ˈəʊ.ɡəz\.
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 64517, this pair ranks #76,671 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of ogre vs ogres
Shared letters: egor. Private to "ogre": -. Private to "ogres": s.
"ogre" · 4 letters · shape VCCV · "ogres" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "ogre" for "ogres" ever safe?
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After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "ogre" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ogres" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #76,671 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ogre" and "ogres" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ogres vs outrés". 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 #76,671 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.