Which to use
“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.
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
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "bloques" and "bloquez" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "bloques" vs "bloquez" - which ranks higher?
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.