Which to use
“bloquées” is an adjective and “bloquez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #23,119
- “bloquées” frequency rank
- #42,770
- “bloquez” frequency rank
- 65889
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | bloquées | bloquez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de bloqué. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe bloquer. |
Same sound, different letters: bloquées vs bloquez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. bloquées runs 8 letters (CCVCVVVC) against bloquez's 7 (CCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: bloquées vs bloquez
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: bloquées and bloquez carry the same recorded pronunciation, \blɔ.ke\. 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 65889, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
bloquées is recorded at frequency rank #23,119, classified as anadj, pronounced \blɔ.ke\. bloquez is at rank #42,770, tagged as averb, pronounced \blɔ.ke\.
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 65889, this pair ranks #70,334 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of bloquées vs bloquez
Shared letters: beloqu. Private to "bloquées": sé. Private to "bloquez": z.
"bloquées" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVVVC · "bloquez" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- bloquez ← bbloquez · blloquez · bloqeuz · bloqquez · bloquezz · bloquze · blouqez · blqouez
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "bloquées" for "bloquez" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "bloquées" or "bloquez" show up more?
Useful next steps
"bloquées" and "bloquez" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "bloquées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "bloquez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #70,334 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "bloquées" and "bloquez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bloques vs bloquez". 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 #70,334 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.