Which to use
“tatouage” and “tatouages” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,627
- “tatouage” frequency rank
- #14,370
- “tatouages” frequency rank
- 22997
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tatouage | tatouages |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de tatouer, décoration par l’insertion de substances colorées sous la peau. | Pluriel de tatouage. |
Same sound, different letters: tatouage vs tatouages
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. tatouage runs 8 letters (CVCVVVCV) against tatouages's 9 (CVCVVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - tatouage / tatouages
This is the hard kind. tatouage and tatouages are pronounced identically (\ta.twaʒ\) 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) - “tatouage” sits inside “tatouages”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22997, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tatouage is recorded at frequency rank #8,627, classified as anoun, pronounced \ta.twaʒ\. tatouages is at rank #14,370, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ta.twaʒ\.
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 22997, this pair ranks #354,943 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of tatouage vs tatouages
Shared letters: aegotu. Private to "tatouage": -. Private to "tatouages": s.
"tatouage" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVVCV · "tatouages" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "tatouage" and "tatouages" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "tatouage" or "tatouages" show up more?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "tatouage" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tatouages" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #354,943 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tatouage" and "tatouages" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tatouages vs tatoués". 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 #354,943 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.