Which to use
“sacrer” is a verb and “sacrés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #44,171
- “sacrer” frequency rank
- #10,070
- “sacrés” frequency rank
- 54241
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sacrer | sacrés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Conférer un caractère sacré par le moyen de certaines cérémonies religieuses. | Masculin pluriel de sacré. |
Same sound, different letters: sacrer vs sacrés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters. sacrer and sacrés follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Homophone desk: sacrer vs sacrés
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: sacrer and sacrés carry the same recorded pronunciation, \sa.kʁe\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is averb, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54241, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sacrer is recorded at frequency rank #44,171, classified as averb, pronounced \sa.kʁe\. sacrés is at rank #10,070, tagged as anadj, pronounced \sa.kʁe\.
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 54241, this pair ranks #135,320 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of sacrer vs sacrés
Shared letters: acrs. Private to "sacrer": e. Private to "sacrés": é.
"sacrer" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "sacrés" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- sacrer ← ascrer · saccrer · sacerr · sacrerr · sacrre · sacrrer · sarcer · scarer
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "sacrer" and "sacrés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "sacrer" or "sacrés"?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "sacrer" / "sacrés". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "sacrer" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sacrés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #135,320 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sacrer" and "sacrés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sacra vs sacrer". 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 #135,320 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.