Which to use
“passagère” and “passages” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,933
- “passagère” frequency rank
- #4,698
- “passages” frequency rank
- 24631
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | passagère | passages |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | Pluriel de passage. |
Where the eye mixes passagère and passages
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. passagère runs 9 letters (CVCCVCVCV) against passages's 8 (CVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses passagère with passages
A purely visual mix-up. passagère (\pa.sa.ʒɛʁ\) and passages (\pɑ.saːʒ\) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24631, 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\. passages is at rank #4,698, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pɑ.saːʒ\.
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 24631, this pair ranks #345,506 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of passagère vs passages
Shared letters: aegps. Private to "passagère": rè. Private to "passages": -.
"passagère" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV · "passages" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- passages ← apssages · pasages · pasasges · passaegs · passagess · passagges · passagse · passgaes
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "passagère" for "passages" ever safe?
Frequency check: "passagère" vs "passages" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "passagère" and "passages" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "passagère" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "passages" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #345,506 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "passagère" and "passages" 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 #345,506 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.