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“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.

10 ch
témoignage
11 ch
témoignages

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?
No. They are pronounced the same (\te.mwa.ɲaʒ\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Which is more common, "témoignage" or "témoignages"?
"témoignage" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,302 in our French list, against #3,882 for "témoignages". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list