Which to use
“piges” is a noun and “piqués” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #14,997
- “piges” frequency rank
- #48,104
- “piqués” frequency rank
- 63101
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | piges | piqués |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de pige. | Masculin pluriel de piqué. |
Where the eye mixes piges and piqués
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. piges runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against piqués's 6 (CVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between piges and piqués
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: piges is \piʒ\ while piqués is \pi.ke\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63101, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
piges is recorded at frequency rank #14,997, classified as anoun, pronounced \piʒ\. piqués is at rank #48,104, tagged as anadj, pronounced \pi.ke\.
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 63101, this pair ranks #83,737 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of piges vs piqués
Shared letters: ips. Private to "piges": eg. Private to "piqués": qué.
"piges" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "piqués" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- piges ← ipges · pgies · piegs · pigess · pigges · pigse · ppiges
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "piges" and "piqués" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "piges" or "piqués" 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 "piges" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "piqués" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #83,737 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "piges" and "piqués" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pieuses vs piqués". 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 #83,737 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.