Which to use
“virage” and “virages” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,920
- “virage” frequency rank
- #19,429
- “virages” frequency rank
- 27349
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | virage | virages |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de faire tourner un véhicule, un avion, etc. | Pluriel de virage. |
Same sound, different letters: virage vs virages
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Homophone desk: virage vs virages
This is the hard kind. virage and virages are pronounced identically (\vi.ʁaʒ\) 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) - “virage” sits inside “virages”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27349, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
virage is recorded at frequency rank #7,920, classified as anoun, pronounced \vi.ʁaʒ\. virages is at rank #19,429, tagged as anoun, pronounced \vi.ʁaʒ\.
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 27349, this pair ranks #329,562 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of virage vs virages
Shared letters: aegirv. Private to "virage": -. Private to "virages": s.
"virage" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "virages" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "virage" for "virages" ever safe?
Frequency check: "virage" vs "virages" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "virage" / "virages". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "virage" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "virages" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #329,562 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "virage" and "virages" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "virages 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 #329,562 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.