Which to use
“sacré” is an adjective and “salle” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,385
- “sacré” frequency rank
- #700
- “salle” frequency rank
- 3085
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sacré | salle |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui concerne la religion, qui a pour objet le culte de Dieu ou des dieux. | Pièce d’une habitation ouverte aux visiteurs. |
Where the eye mixes sacré and salle
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between sacré and salle
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: sacré is \sa.kʁe\ while salle is \sal\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 3085, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sacré is recorded at frequency rank #2,385, classified as anadj, pronounced \sa.kʁe\. salle is at rank #700, tagged as anoun, pronounced \sal\.
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 3085, this pair ranks #434,813 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of sacré vs salle
Shared letters: as. Private to "sacré": cré. Private to "salle": el.
"sacré" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "salle" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- salle ← aslle · sale · salel · slale · ssalle
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "sacré" for "salle" ever safe?
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Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "sacré" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "salle" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #434,813 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sacré" and "salle" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Sabri vs sacré". 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 #434,813 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.