Which to use
“branchés” is an adjective and “branchez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #23,787
- “branchés” frequency rank
- #40,149
- “branchez” frequency rank
- 63936
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | branchés | branchez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Masculin pluriel de branché. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe brancher. |
Same sound, different letters: branchés vs branchez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - branchés and branchez
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: branchés 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 63936, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
branchés is recorded at frequency rank #23,787, 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 63936, this pair ranks #79,447 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of branchés vs branchez
Shared letters: abchnr. Private to "branchés": sé. Private to "branchez": ez.
"branchés" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCCVC · "branchez" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- branchez ← barnchez · bbranchez · bracnhez · brancchez · brancehz · branchezz · branchhez · branchze
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "branchés" for "branchez" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "branchés" or "branchez" show up more?
Useful next steps
"branchés" and "branchez" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "branchés" 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 #79,447 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "branchés" 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 #79,447 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.