Which to use
“télégramme” and “télégrammes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,761
- “télégramme” frequency rank
- #46,506
- “télégrammes” frequency rank
- 63267
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | télégramme | télégrammes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Dépêche transmise par le télégraphe. | Pluriel de télégramme. |
Same sound, different letters: télégramme vs télégrammes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters. télégramme runs 10 letters (CVCVCCVCCV) against télégrammes's 11 (CVCVCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - télégramme / télégrammes
This is the hard kind. télégramme and télégrammes are pronounced identically (\te.le.ɡʁam\) 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) - “télégramme” sits inside “télégrammes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63267, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
télégramme is recorded at frequency rank #16,761, classified as anoun, pronounced \te.le.ɡʁam\. télégrammes is at rank #46,506, tagged as anoun, pronounced \te.le.ɡʁam\.
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 63267, this pair ranks #82,848 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of télégramme vs télégrammes
Shared letters: aeglmrté. Private to "télégramme": -. Private to "télégrammes": s.
"télégramme" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCVCCV · "télégrammes" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCCVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "télégramme" and "télégrammes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "télégramme" vs "télégrammes" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "télégramme" / "télégrammes". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "télégramme" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "télégrammes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #82,848 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "télégramme" and "télégrammes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "telegram vs télégramme". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #82,848 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.