Which to use
“singe” and “singes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,628
- “singe” frequency rank
- #10,074
- “singes” frequency rank
- 17702
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | singe | singes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Mammifère de l’ordre des Primates, hors l’Homme, hors le lémurien. | Pluriel de singe. |
Same sound, different letters: singe vs singes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - singe and singes
This is the hard kind. singe and singes are pronounced identically (\sɛ̃ʒ\) 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) - “singe” sits inside “singes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17702, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
singe is recorded at frequency rank #7,628, classified as anoun, pronounced \sɛ̃ʒ\. singes is at rank #10,074, tagged as anoun, pronounced \sɛ̃ʒ\.
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 17702, this pair ranks #381,878 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of singe vs singes
Shared letters: egins. Private to "singe": -. Private to "singes": -.
"singe" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "singes" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "singe" for "singes" ever safe?
Which is more common, "singe" or "singes"?
After this comparison
"singe" and "singes" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "singe" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "singes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #381,878 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "singe" and "singes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "singes vs sires". 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 #381,878 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.