Which to use
“autorisées” is an adjective and “autorisez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #12,108
- “autorisées” frequency rank
- #48,349
- “autorisez” frequency rank
- 60457
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | autorisées | autorisez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de autorisé. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe autoriser. |
Same sound, different letters: autorisées vs autorisez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. autorisées runs 10 letters (VVCVCVCVVC) against autorisez's 9 (VVCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - autorisées / autorisez
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: autorisées and autorisez carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ɔ.tɔ.ʁi.ze\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60457, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
autorisées is recorded at frequency rank #12,108, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɔ.tɔ.ʁi.ze\. autorisez is at rank #48,349, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɔ.tɔ.ʁi.ze\.
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 60457, this pair ranks #97,469 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of autorisées vs autorisez
Shared letters: aeiorstu. Private to "autorisées": é. Private to "autorisez": z.
"autorisées" · 10 letters · shape VVCVCVCVVC · "autorisez" · 9 letters · shape VVCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- autorisez ← atuorisez · auotrisez · autoirsez · autoriesz · autorisezz · autorissez · autorisze · autorrisez
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "autorisées" and "autorisez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "autorisées" vs "autorisez" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "autorisées" / "autorisez". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "autorisées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "autorisez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #97,469 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "autorisées" and "autorisez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "autorisa vs autorisez". 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 #97,469 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.