Which to use
“activée” is an adjective and “activez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #25,187
- “activée” frequency rank
- #30,451
- “activez” frequency rank
- 55638
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | activée | activez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de activé. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe activer. |
Same sound, different letters: activée vs activez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Homophone desk: activée vs activez
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: activée and activez carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ak.ti.ve\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55638, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
activée is recorded at frequency rank #25,187, classified as anadj, pronounced \ak.ti.ve\. activez is at rank #30,451, tagged as averb, pronounced \ak.ti.ve\.
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 55638, this pair ranks #126,182 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of activée vs activez
Shared letters: aceitv. Private to "activée": é. Private to "activez": z.
"activée" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV · "activez" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- activez ← acctivez · acitvez · actievz · activezz · activvez · activze · acttivez · actviez
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "activée" for "activez" ever safe?
Frequency check: "activée" vs "activez" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "activée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "activez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #126,182 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "activée" and "activez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "activées vs activez". 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 #126,182 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.