Which to use
“passagère” is a noun and “passagères” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #19,933
- “passagère” frequency rank
- #48,706
- “passagères” frequency rank
- 68639
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | passagère | passagères |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Celle qui prend passage à bord d’un navire, ou d’un aéronef, ou d’un train, ou d’un autre véhicule de transport collectif. | Féminin pluriel de passager. |
Same sound, different letters: passagère vs passagères
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. passagère runs 9 letters (CVCCVCVCV) against passagères's 10 (CVCCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: passagère vs passagères
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: passagère and passagères carry the same recorded pronunciation, \pa.sa.ʒɛʁ\. 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) - “passagère” sits inside “passagères”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68639, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
passagère is recorded at frequency rank #19,933, classified as anoun, pronounced \pa.sa.ʒɛʁ\. passagères is at rank #48,706, tagged as anadj, pronounced \pa.sa.ʒɛʁ\.
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 68639, this pair ranks #58,338 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of passagère vs passagères
Shared letters: aegprsè. Private to "passagère": -. Private to "passagères": -.
"passagère" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV · "passagères" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "passagère" and "passagères" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "passagère" or "passagères"?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "passagère" / "passagères". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "passagère" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "passagères" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #58,338 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "passagère" and "passagères" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "passager vs passagères". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #58,338 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.