Which to use
“autoriser” and “autorisez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,658
- “autoriser” frequency rank
- #48,349
- “autorisez” frequency rank
- 56007
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | autoriser | autorisez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Revêtir d’une autorité. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe autoriser. |
Where the eye mixes autoriser and autorisez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. autoriser and autorisez follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VVCVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: autoriser vs autorisez
A purely visual mix-up. autoriser (\o.to.ʁi.ze\) and autorisez (\ɔ.tɔ.ʁi.ze\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - r in “autoriser” becomes z in “autorisez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56007, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
autoriser is recorded at frequency rank #7,658, classified as averb, pronounced \o.to.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 56007, this pair ranks #123,806 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of autoriser vs autorisez
Shared letters: aeiorstu. Private to "autoriser": -. Private to "autorisez": z.
"autoriser" · 9 letters · shape VVCVCVCVC · "autorisez" · 9 letters · shape VVCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "autoriser" and "autorisez" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "autoriser" vs "autorisez" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "autoriser" 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 #123,806 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "autoriser" 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 #123,806 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.