Which to use
“singes” and “songe” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,074
- “singes” frequency rank
- #10,241
- “songe” frequency rank
- 20315
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | singes | songe |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de singe. | Rêve, idée, imagination d’une personne qui dort. |
Where the eye mixes singes and songe
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses singes with songe
A purely visual mix-up. singes (\sɛ̃ʒ\) and songe (\sɔ̃ʒ\) 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 20315, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
singes is recorded at frequency rank #10,074, classified as anoun, pronounced \sɛ̃ʒ\. songe is at rank #10,241, tagged as anoun, pronounced \sɔ̃ʒ\.
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 20315, this pair ranks #368,893 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of singes vs songe
Shared letters: egns. Private to "singes": i. Private to "songe": o.
"singes" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "songe" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "singes" and "songe" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "singes" vs "songe" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "singes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "songe" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #368,893 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "singes" and "songe" 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 #368,893 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.