Which to use
“sacrés” and “sages” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,070
- “sacrés” frequency rank
- #8,306
- “sages” frequency rank
- 18376
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sacrés | sages |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Masculin pluriel de sacré. | Pluriel de sage. |
Where the eye mixes sacrés and sages
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. sacrés runs 6 letters (CVCCVC) against sages's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: sacrés vs sages
A purely visual mix-up. sacrés (\sa.kʁe\) and sages (\saʒ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18376, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sacrés is recorded at frequency rank #10,070, classified as anadj, pronounced \sa.kʁe\. sages is at rank #8,306, tagged as anadj, pronounced \saʒ\.
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 18376, this pair ranks #378,644 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of sacrés vs sages
Shared letters: as. Private to "sacrés": cré. Private to "sages": eg.
"sacrés" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "sages" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- sages ← asges · saegs · sagess · sagges · sagse · sgaes · ssages
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "sacrés" and "sages" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "sacrés" or "sages" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "sacrés" and "sages" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "sacrés" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sages" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #378,644 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sacrés" and "sages" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sacrés vs sofres". 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 #378,644 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.