Which to use
“verge” and “verges” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #24,803
- “verge” frequency rank
- #28,012
- “verges” frequency rank
- 52815
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | verge | verges |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Baguette longue et flexible, de bois ou de métal. | Pluriel de verge. |
Same sound, different letters: verge vs verges
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. verge runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against verges's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - verge and verges
This is the hard kind. verge and verges are pronounced identically (\vɛʁʒ\) 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) - “verge” sits inside “verges”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52815, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
verge is recorded at frequency rank #24,803, classified as anoun, pronounced \vɛʁʒ\. verges is at rank #28,012, tagged as anoun, pronounced \vɛʁʒ\.
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 52815, this pair ranks #145,084 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of verge vs verges
Shared letters: egrv. Private to "verge": -. Private to "verges": s.
"verge" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "verges" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "verge" and "verges" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "verge" or "verges"?
Useful next steps
"verge" and "verges" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "verge" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "verges" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #145,084 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "verge" and "verges" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "verges vs virées". 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 #145,084 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.