Which to use
“privilège” and “privilèges” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,732
- “privilège” frequency rank
- #8,289
- “privilèges” frequency rank
- 15021
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | privilège | privilèges |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Faculté accordée à un particulier ou à une communauté de faire quelque chose ou de jouir de quelque avantage qui n’est pas de droit commun. | Pluriel de privilège. |
Same sound, different letters: privilège vs privilèges
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. privilège runs 9 letters (CCVCVCVCV) against privilèges's 10 (CCVCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - privilège / privilèges
This is the hard kind. privilège and privilèges are pronounced identically (\pʁi.vi.lɛʒ\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “privilège” sits inside “privilèges”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15021, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
privilège is recorded at frequency rank #6,732, classified as anoun, pronounced \pʁi.vi.lɛʒ\. privilèges is at rank #8,289, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pʁi.vi.lɛʒ\.
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 15021, this pair ranks #394,196 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of privilège vs privilèges
Shared letters: egilprvè. Private to "privilège": -. Private to "privilèges": s.
"privilège" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCVCV · "privilèges" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "privilège" for "privilèges" ever safe?
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After this comparison
"privilège" and "privilèges" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "privilège" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "privilèges" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #394,196 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "privilège" and "privilèges" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "privilèges vs privilégiées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #394,196 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.