Which to use
“rangé” and “rangées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,344
- “rangé” frequency rank
- #15,479
- “rangées” frequency rank
- 29823
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | rangé | rangées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Mis en rang. | Féminin pluriel de rangé. |
Same sound, different letters: rangé vs rangées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. rangé runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against rangées's 7 (CVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - rangé / rangées
This is the hard kind. rangé and rangées are pronounced identically (\ʁɑ̃.ʒe\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “rangé” sits inside “rangées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29823, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
rangé is recorded at frequency rank #14,344, classified as anadj, pronounced \ʁɑ̃.ʒe\. rangées is at rank #15,479, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʁɑ̃.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 29823, this pair ranks #314,234 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of rangé vs rangées
Shared letters: agnré. Private to "rangé": -. Private to "rangées": es.
"rangé" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "rangées" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "rangé" and "rangées" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "rangé" vs "rangées" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "rangé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "rangées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #314,234 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "rangé" and "rangées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rangé vs rani". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #314,234 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.