Which to use
“branchée” is an adjective and “branchez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #25,569
- “branchée” frequency rank
- #40,149
- “branchez” frequency rank
- 65718
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | branchée | branchez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de branché. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe brancher. |
Same sound, different letters: branchée vs branchez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - branchée and branchez
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: branchée and branchez carry the same recorded pronunciation, \bʁɑ̃.ʃe\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65718, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
branchée is recorded at frequency rank #25,569, classified as anadj, pronounced \bʁɑ̃.ʃe\. branchez is at rank #40,149, tagged as averb, pronounced \bʁɑ̃.ʃe\.
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 65718, this pair ranks #71,069 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of branchée vs branchez
Shared letters: abcehnr. Private to "branchée": é. Private to "branchez": z.
"branchée" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCCVV · "branchez" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- branchez ← barnchez · bbranchez · bracnhez · brancchez · brancehz · branchezz · branchhez · branchze
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "branchée" and "branchez" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "branchée" or "branchez"?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "branchée" / "branchez". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "branchée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "branchez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #71,069 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "branchée" and "branchez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "branchez vs bronche". 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 #71,069 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.