sangliervssangliersConfusable pair

Which to use

“sanglier” and “sangliers” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#15,498
“sanglier” frequency rank
#25,493
“sangliers” frequency rank
40991
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature sanglier sangliers
Definition N’importe quelle espèce de porcin du genre Sus, à l’exception des descendants domestiqués du sanglier d’Eurasie (Sus scrofa) nommés cochons ou porcs. Pluriel de sanglier.

Same sound, different letters: sanglier vs sangliers

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. sanglier runs 8 letters (CVCCCVVC) against sangliers's 9 (CVCCCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
sanglier
9 ch
sangliers

Homophone desk: sanglier vs sangliers

This is the hard kind. sanglier and sangliers are pronounced identically (\sɑ̃.ɡli.je\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “sanglier” sits inside “sangliers”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40991, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

sanglier is recorded at frequency rank #15,498, classified as anoun, pronounced \sɑ̃.ɡli.je\. sangliers is at rank #25,493, tagged as anoun, pronounced \sɑ̃.ɡli.je\.

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 40991, this pair ranks #236,393 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of sanglier vs sangliers

Shared letters: aegilnrs. Private to "sanglier": -. Private to "sangliers": -.

"sanglier" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVVC  ·  "sangliers" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • sanglier ← asnglier · sagnlier · sangglier · sangiler · sangleir · sanglierr · sanglire · sangllier
  • sangliers ← asngliers · sagnliers · sanggliers · sangilers · sangleirs · sanglierrs · sanglierss · sangliesr

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "sanglier" and "sangliers" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are pronounced the same (\sɑ̃.ɡli.je\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Frequency check: "sanglier" vs "sangliers" - which ranks higher?
"sanglier" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,498 in our French list, against #25,493 for "sangliers". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've separated the homophone pair "sanglier" / "sangliers". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.

  • Full dictionary entry for "sanglier" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "sangliers" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #236,393 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "sanglier" and "sangliers" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sangliers vs singuliers". 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 #236,393 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