Which to use
“personnages” and “personnes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,631
- “personnages” frequency rank
- #212
- “personnes” frequency rank
- 1843
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | personnages | personnes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de personnage. | Pluriel de personne. |
Where the eye mixes personnages and personnes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. personnages runs 11 letters (CVCCVCCVCVC) against personnes's 9 (CVCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between personnages and personnes
A purely visual mix-up. personnages (\pɛʁ.sɔ.naʒ\) and personnes (\pɛʁ.sɔn\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 1843, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
personnages is recorded at frequency rank #1,631, classified as anoun, pronounced \pɛʁ.sɔ.naʒ\. personnes is at rank #212, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pɛʁ.sɔn\.
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 1843, this pair ranks #437,269 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of personnages vs personnes
Shared letters: enoprs. Private to "personnages": ag. Private to "personnes": -.
"personnages" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCVC · "personnes" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- personnages ← eprsonnages · perosnnages · perrsonnages · persnonages · personages · personanges · personnaegs · personnagess
- personnes ← eprsonnes · perosnnes · perrsonnes · persnones · personens · persones · personness · personnse
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "personnages" and "personnes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "personnages" vs "personnes" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "personnages" and "personnes" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "personnages" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "personnes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #437,269 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "personnages" and "personnes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Péronne vs personnes". 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 #437,269 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.