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passer/passez/passé/passée/passées/passés

"passer" (#293 written frequency) beats "passez" (#5,164) in this 6-word /\pa.se\/ cluster. Size rank #20 of 9,139 French groups.

Data vintage 2026-05-06

Frequency splits the cluster

These 6 spellings keep the same /\pa.se\/ reading, but written frequency splits them hard: "passer" leads at #293, with "passez" trailing at #5,164.

Spelling pairs in this cluster

Single-letter fork: "passer" keeps r, "passez" writes z at letter 6.
Shared stem "pass" then splits - "passer" (6 letters) vs "passé" (5).
Shared stem "pass" then splits - "passer" (6 letters) vs "passée" (6).
Shared stem "pass" then splits - "passer" (6 letters) vs "passées" (7).
Shared stem "pass" then splits - "passer" (6 letters) vs "passés" (6).
Shared stem "pass" then splits - "passez" (6 letters) vs "passé" (5).
Shared stem "pass" then splits - "passez" (6 letters) vs "passée" (6).
Shared stem "pass" then splits - "passez" (6 letters) vs "passées" (7).
Shared stem "pass" then splits - "passez" (6 letters) vs "passés" (6).
Shared stem "passé" then splits - "passé" (5 letters) vs "passée" (6).
Shared stem "passé" then splits - "passé" (5 letters) vs "passées" (7).
Shared stem "passé" then splits - "passé" (5 letters) vs "passés" (6).
Shared stem "passée" then splits - "passée" (6 letters) vs "passées" (7).
Single-letter fork: "passée" keeps e, "passés" writes s at letter 6.
Shared stem "passé" then splits - "passées" (7 letters) vs "passés" (6).

Orthographic DNA of this cluster

Shared letters across passer, passez, passé, passée, passées, passés: aps. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.

passer
6 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCCVC
Inventory aeprs · private er
passez
6 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCCVC
Inventory aepsz · private ez
passé
5 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCCV
Inventory apsé · private é
passée
6 letters · 3 vowels · shape CVCCVV
Inventory aepsé · private eé
passées
7 letters · 3 vowels · shape CVCCVVC
Inventory aepsé · private eé
passés
6 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCCVC
Inventory apsé · private é

Pick the spelling from the meaning

Write "passer" when you mean: Aller d’un lieu à un autre, traverser un espace.
Write "passez" when you mean: Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de passer.
Write "passé" when you mean: Le temps écoulé.
Write "passée" when you mean: Action de passer. Passage
Write "passées" when you mean: Féminin pluriel de passé.
Write "passés" when you mean: Masculin pluriel de passé.