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

#20,003
“taverne” frequency rank
#44,773
“tavernes” frequency rank
64776
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature taverne tavernes
Definition Cabaret ; lieu où l’on sert à boire. Pluriel de taverne.

Same sound, different letters: taverne vs tavernes

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. taverne runs 7 letters (CVCVCCV) against tavernes's 8 (CVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
taverne
8 ch
tavernes

Homophone desk: taverne vs tavernes

This is the hard kind. taverne and tavernes are pronounced identically (\ta.vɛʁn\) 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) - “taverne” sits inside “tavernes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64776, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

taverne is recorded at frequency rank #20,003, classified as anoun, pronounced \ta.vɛʁn\. tavernes is at rank #44,773, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ta.vɛʁn\.

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 64776, this pair ranks #75,392 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of taverne vs tavernes

Shared letters: aenrtv. Private to "taverne": -. Private to "tavernes": s.

"taverne" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV  ·  "tavernes" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • taverneatverne · taevrne · tavenre · taveren · tavernne · taverrne · tavrene · tavverne
  • tavernesatvernes · taevrnes · tavenres · taverens · taverness · tavernnes · tavernse · taverrnes

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "taverne" and "tavernes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are pronounced the same (\ta.vɛʁn\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Frequency check: "taverne" vs "tavernes" - which ranks higher?
"taverne" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,003 in our French list, against #44,773 for "tavernes". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

"taverne" and "tavernes" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.

  • Full dictionary entry for "taverne" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "tavernes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #75,392 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "taverne" and "tavernes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Tavares vs tavernes". 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 #75,392 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