Which to use
“témoignage” and “témoignages” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,302
- “témoignage” frequency rank
- #3,882
- “témoignages” frequency rank
- 7184
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | témoignage | témoignages |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de témoigner ; rapport d’un ou de plusieurs témoins sur un fait, soit de vive voix, soit par écrit. | Pluriel de témoignage. |
Same sound, different letters: témoignage vs témoignages
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters.
Homophone desk: témoignage vs témoignages
This is the hard kind. témoignage and témoignages are pronounced identically (\te.mwa.ɲaʒ\) 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) - “témoignage” sits inside “témoignages”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 7184, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
témoignage is recorded at frequency rank #3,302, classified as anoun, pronounced \te.mwa.ɲaʒ\. témoignages is at rank #3,882, tagged as anoun, pronounced \te.mwa.ɲaʒ\.
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 7184, this pair ranks #423,933 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of témoignage vs témoignages
Shared letters: aegimnoté. Private to "témoignage": -. Private to "témoignages": s.
"témoignage" · 10 letters · shape CVCVVCCVCV · "témoignages" · 11 letters · shape CVCVVCCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "témoignage" and "témoignages" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "témoignage" or "témoignages"?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "témoignage" / "témoignages". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "témoignage" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "témoignages" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #423,933 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "témoignage" and "témoignages" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "témoignage vs témoignait". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #423,933 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.