Which to use
“plages” and “plays” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,125
- “plages” frequency rank
- #45,787
- “plays” frequency rank
- 51912
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | plages | plays |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de plage. | Pluriel de play. |
Where the eye mixes plages and plays
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: plages vs plays
A purely visual mix-up. plages (\plaʒ\) and plays (\ˈpleɪz\) 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 51912, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
plages is recorded at frequency rank #6,125, classified as anoun, pronounced \plaʒ\. plays is at rank #45,787, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ˈpleɪz\.
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 51912, this pair ranks #151,524 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of plages vs plays
Shared letters: alps. Private to "plages": eg. Private to "plays": y.
"plages" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC · "plays" · 5 letters · shape CCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "plages" for "plays" ever safe?
Which is more common, "plages" or "plays"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "plages" and "plays" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "plages" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "plays" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #151,524 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "plages" and "plays" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "plays vs pliés". 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 #151,524 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.