Which to use
“piège” is a noun and “piégées” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #5,167
- “piège” frequency rank
- #41,455
- “piégées” frequency rank
- 46622
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | piège | piégées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Instrument, machine dont on se sert pour prendre des animaux, comme les loups, les renards, les insectes nuisibles, etc. | Participe passé féminin pluriel de piéger. |
Where the eye mixes piège and piégées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. piège runs 5 letters (CVVCV) against piégées's 7 (CVVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between piège and piégées
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: piège is \pjɛʒ\ while piégées is \pje.ʒe\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46622, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
piège is recorded at frequency rank #5,167, classified as anoun, pronounced \pjɛʒ\. piégées is at rank #41,455, tagged as averb, pronounced \pje.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 46622, this pair ranks #193,474 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of piège vs piégées
Shared letters: egip. Private to "piège": è. Private to "piégées": sé.
"piège" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "piégées" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "piège" for "piégées" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "piège" or "piégées" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "piège" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "piégées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #193,474 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "piège" and "piégées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "piégées vs pieuses". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #193,474 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.