Which to use
“brûler” and “brûlez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,635
- “brûler” frequency rank
- #35,408
- “brûlez” frequency rank
- 41043
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | brûler | brûlez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Consumer, corroder ou endommager par le feu, ou par produits chimiques. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe brûler. |
Same sound, different letters: brûler vs brûlez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. brûler and brûlez follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Homophone desk: brûler vs brûlez
This is the hard kind. brûler and brûlez are pronounced identically (\bʁy.le\) 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 “brûler” becomes z in “brûlez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41043, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
brûler is recorded at frequency rank #5,635, classified as averb, pronounced \bʁy.le\. brûlez is at rank #35,408, tagged as averb, pronounced \bʁy.le\.
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 41043, this pair ranks #235,976 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of brûler vs brûlez
Shared letters: belrû. Private to "brûler": -. Private to "brûlez": z.
"brûler" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC · "brûlez" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "brûler" for "brûlez" ever safe?
Frequency check: "brûler" vs "brûlez" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "brûler" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "brûlez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #235,976 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "brûler" and "brûlez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "brûlez vs Brunei". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #235,976 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.