Which to use
“passagères” and “passagers” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #48,706
- “passagères” frequency rank
- #4,264
- “passagers” frequency rank
- 52970
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | passagères | passagers |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de passager. | Masculin pluriel de passager. |
Where the eye mixes passagères and passagers
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. passagères runs 10 letters (CVCCVCVCVC) against passagers's 9 (CVCCVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between passagères and passagers
A purely visual mix-up. passagères (\pa.sa.ʒɛʁ\) and passagers (\pa.sa.ʒe\) 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 52970, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
passagères is recorded at frequency rank #48,706, classified as anadj, 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 52970, this pair ranks #144,008 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of passagères vs passagers
Shared letters: aegprs. Private to "passagères": è. Private to "passagers": -.
"passagères" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVC · "passagers" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- passagers ← apssagers · pasagers · pasasgers · passaegrs · passagerrs · passagerss · passagesr · passaggers
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "passagères" and "passagers" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "passagères" vs "passagers" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "passagères" and "passagers" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "passagères" 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 #144,008 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "passagères" 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 #144,008 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.