Which to use
“attacher” and “attachez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,927
- “attacher” frequency rank
- #35,385
- “attachez” frequency rank
- 42312
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | attacher | attachez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Fixer une chose ou une personne à une autre, en sorte qu’elle y tienne. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe attacher. |
Same sound, different letters: attacher vs attachez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. attacher and attachez follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Same sound, different spelling - attacher / attachez
This is the hard kind. attacher and attachez are pronounced identically (\a.ta.ʃe\) 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 “attacher” becomes z in “attachez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42312, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
attacher is recorded at frequency rank #6,927, classified as averb, pronounced \a.ta.ʃe\. attachez is at rank #35,385, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.ta.ʃe\.
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 42312, this pair ranks #226,564 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of attacher vs attachez
Shared letters: aceht. Private to "attacher": r. Private to "attachez": z.
"attacher" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC · "attachez" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "attacher" and "attachez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "attacher" or "attachez"?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "attacher" / "attachez". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "attacher" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "attachez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #226,564 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "attacher" and "attachez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "attachez vs attaquez". 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 #226,564 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.