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“bloques” and “bloquez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#42,191
“bloques” frequency rank
#42,770
“bloquez” frequency rank
84961
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature bloques bloquez
Definition Deuxième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe bloquer. Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe bloquer.

Where the eye mixes bloques and bloquez

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. bloques and bloquez follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
bloques
7 ch
bloquez

Look-alike desk: bloques vs bloquez

A purely visual mix-up. bloques (\blɔk\) and bloquez (\blɔ.ke\) 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 - s in “bloques” becomes z in “bloquez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 84961, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

bloques is recorded at frequency rank #42,191, classified as averb, pronounced \blɔk\. 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 84961, this pair ranks #12,106 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of bloques vs bloquez

Shared letters: beloqu. Private to "bloques": s. Private to "bloquez": z.

"bloques" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVC  ·  "bloquez" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • bloques ← bbloques · blloques · bloqeus · bloqques · bloquess · bloquse · blouqes · blqoues
  • bloquez ← bbloquez · blloquez · bloqeuz · bloqquez · bloquezz · bloquze · blouqez · blqouez

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "bloques" and "bloquez" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\blɔk\ versus \blɔ.ke\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "bloques" vs "bloquez" - which ranks higher?
"bloques" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #42,191 in our French list, against #42,770 for "bloquez". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "bloques" 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 #12,106 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "bloques" and "bloquez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bloques vs braqués". 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 #12,106 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list