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

#3,379
“annoncer” frequency rank
#44,855
“annoncez” frequency rank
48234
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature annoncer annoncez
Definition Faire connaître. Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe annoncer.

Same sound, different letters: annoncer vs annoncez

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. annoncer and annoncez follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

8 ch
annoncer
8 ch
annoncez

Same sound, different spelling - annoncer / annoncez

This is the hard kind. annoncer 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 a single letter - r in “annoncer” becomes z in “annoncez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48234, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

annoncer is recorded at frequency rank #3,379, 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 48234, this pair ranks #180,568 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of annoncer vs annoncez

Shared letters: aceno. Private to "annoncer": r. Private to "annoncez": z.

"annoncer" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC  ·  "annoncez" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • annoncer ← annnocer · annocner · annonccer · annoncerr · annoncre · annonecr · annonncer · anoncer
  • annoncez ← annnocez · annocnez · annonccez · annoncezz · annoncze · annonecz · annonncez · anoncez

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "annoncer" 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: "annoncer" vs "annoncez" - which ranks higher?
"annoncer" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,379 in our French list, against #44,855 for "annoncez". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

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 "annoncer" 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 #180,568 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "annoncer" 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 #180,568 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