rangéevsrangéesConfusable pair

Quick tell: rangée is a noun, rangées is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“rangée” is a noun and “rangées” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#12,459
“rangée” frequency rank
#15,479
“rangées” frequency rank
27938
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature rangée rangées
Definition Suite d'objets ou de personnes sur un même rang, sur une même file. Féminin pluriel de rangé.

Same sound, different letters: rangée vs rangées

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. rangée runs 6 letters (CVCCVV) against rangées's 7 (CVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
rangée
7 ch
rangées

Same sound, different spelling - rangée / rangées

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: rangée and rangées carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ʁɑ̃.ʒe\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “rangée” sits inside “rangées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27938, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

rangée is recorded at frequency rank #12,459, classified as anoun, 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 27938, this pair ranks #325,841 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of rangée vs rangées

Shared letters: aegnré. Private to "rangée": -. Private to "rangées": s.

"rangée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV  ·  "rangées" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "rangée" and "rangées" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "rangée" is a noun and "rangées" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "rangée" vs "rangées" - which ranks higher?
"rangée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,459 in our French list, against #15,479 for "rangées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

"rangée" and "rangées" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.

  • Full dictionary entry for "rangée" 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 #325,841 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "rangée" and "rangées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rangées vs rasées". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #325,841 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list