Which to use
“activer” and “activez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,698
- “activer” frequency rank
- #30,451
- “activez” frequency rank
- 42149
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | activer | activez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Rendre plus actif, ou plus prompt. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe activer. |
Same sound, different letters: activer vs activez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - activer and activez
This is the hard kind. activer and activez are pronounced identically (\ak.ti.ve\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by a single letter - r in “activer” becomes z in “activez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42149, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
activer is recorded at frequency rank #11,698, classified as averb, 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 42149, this pair ranks #227,843 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of activer vs activez
Shared letters: aceitv. Private to "activer": r. Private to "activez": z.
"activer" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC · "activez" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "activer" for "activez" ever safe?
Frequency check: "activer" vs "activez" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "activer" / "activez". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "activer" 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 #227,843 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "activer" 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 #227,843 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.