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“annoncées” and “annoncez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#17,870
“annoncées” frequency rank
#44,855
“annoncez” frequency rank
62725
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature annoncées annoncez
Definition Participe passé féminin pluriel du verbe annoncer. Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe annoncer.

Same sound, different letters: annoncées vs annoncez

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. annoncées runs 9 letters (VCCVCCVVC) against annoncez's 8 (VCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
annoncées
8 ch
annoncez

Same sound, different spelling - annoncées / annoncez

This is the hard kind. annoncées and annoncez are pronounced identically (\a.nɔ̃.se\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62725, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

annoncées is recorded at frequency rank #17,870, classified as averb, pronounced \a.nɔ̃.se\. annoncez is at rank #44,855, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.nɔ̃.se\.

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 62725, this pair ranks #85,639 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of annoncées vs annoncez

Shared letters: aceno. Private to "annoncées": sé. Private to "annoncez": z.

"annoncées" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVVC  ·  "annoncez" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • annoncez ← annnocez · annocnez · annonccez · annoncezz · annoncze · annonecz · annonncez · anoncez

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "annoncées" and "annoncez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are pronounced the same (\a.nɔ̃.se\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Frequency check: "annoncées" vs "annoncez" - which ranks higher?
"annoncées" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,870 in our French list, against #44,855 for "annoncez". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.

  • Full dictionary entry for "annoncées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "annoncez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #85,639 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "annoncées" and "annoncez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "annonceur vs annoncez". 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 #85,639 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list