Which to use
“bloquer” and “bloquez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,833
- “bloquer” frequency rank
- #42,770
- “bloquez” frequency rank
- 47603
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | bloquer | bloquez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Fermer par un blocus les avenues d'une place, les approches d'un port, etc, immobiliser par un blocus. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe bloquer. |
Same sound, different letters: bloquer vs bloquez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. bloquer and bloquez follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Homophone desk: bloquer vs bloquez
This is the hard kind. bloquer and bloquez are pronounced identically (\blɔ.ke\) 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 “bloquer” becomes z in “bloquez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47603, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
bloquer is recorded at frequency rank #4,833, classified as averb, 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 47603, this pair ranks #185,636 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of bloquer vs bloquez
Shared letters: beloqu. Private to "bloquer": r. Private to "bloquez": z.
"bloquer" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVC · "bloquez" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "bloquer" for "bloquez" ever safe?
Frequency check: "bloquer" vs "bloquez" - which ranks higher?
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 "bloquer" 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 #185,636 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "bloquer" 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 #185,636 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.