2e
\dø.zjɛm\
The verdict
“2e” sits in 13 confusable pairs (corpus #2,906) as an adjective. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #2,906
- frequency rank, French
- 15
- “2” headwords
- 13
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Deuxième.
Corpus desk
Index FR-2e · 2e · French
2e · rank #2,906 · 0 variants · 13 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #2,906
- LEN-SHORT 2 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 15
- PHOTO-FINISH alerte
Nearest frequency peer: alerte (+1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Voisins de fréquence du confusable « 2e »
Pairs de poids proche dans le corpus, séparés des confusables ci-dessous
- Z
Z
97,098 corpus weight
- électronique
électronique
97,097 corpus weight
- 2e
2e
97,095 corpus weight
- alerte
alerte
97,094 corpus weight
- architecture
architecture
97,093 corpus weight
- baiser
baiser
97,092 corpus weight
What this shows Les barres placent « 2e » face aux lemmes français les plus proches par rang, pas un reprint du bureau des confusables.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | 2e |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \dø.zjɛm\ |
| Letters | 2 |
| Frequency rank | #2,906 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 13 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Rang de corpus près des confusables de « 2e »
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for 2e is neighbouring look-alikes ("2K", "2G", …), not just typos; it is anadjective pronounced \dø.zjɛm\. Frequency #2,906 among 15 “2” headwords. Gloss: "Deuxième.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for 2e in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "2K", "2G", "2l", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is 2e, spelled 2-E.
Definition
- 1Deuxième.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how 2e appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Aussi, un matin d’octobre, l’ordre tomba. Gabriel et ses camarades devaient d’abord se rendre à Marseille puis, de là, appareiller pour l’Afrique du Nord. Là, ils rejoindraient le 2e régiment étranger d’infanterie chargé d’y mater le grabuge. C’était tout ce qu’on avait bien voulu leur dire.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.