Which to use
“passagère” is a noun and “passagers” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #19,933
- “passagère” frequency rank
- #4,264
- “passagers” frequency rank
- 24197
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | passagère | passagers |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | Masculin pluriel de passager. |
Where the eye mixes passagère and passagers
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses passagère with passagers
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: passagère is \pa.sa.ʒɛʁ\ while passagers is \pa.sa.ʒe\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24197, 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\. passagers is at rank #4,264, tagged as anadj, pronounced \pa.sa.ʒe\.
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 24197, this pair ranks #347,987 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of passagère vs passagers
Shared letters: aegprs. Private to "passagère": è. Private to "passagers": -.
"passagère" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV · "passagers" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- passagers ← apssagers · pasagers · pasasgers · passaegrs · passagerrs · passagerss · passagesr · passaggers
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "passagère" for "passagers" ever safe?
Frequency check: "passagère" vs "passagers" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "passagère" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "passagers" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #347,987 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "passagère" and "passagers" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "passagère vs passagères". 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 #347,987 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.