Which to use
“chez” is a preposition and “citez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #129
- “chez” frequency rank
- #30,525
- “citez” frequency rank
- 30654
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | chez | citez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Dans la maison de, au logis de ; associé au lieu de résidence ou d'activité d'une personne. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe citer. |
Where the eye mixes chez and citez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. chez runs 4 letters (CCVC) against citez's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between chez and citez
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: chez is \ʃe\ while citez is \si.te\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (preposition vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30654, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
chez is recorded at frequency rank #129, classified as aprep, pronounced \ʃe\. citez is at rank #30,525, tagged as averb, pronounced \si.te\.
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 30654, this pair ranks #308,857 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of chez vs citez
Shared letters: cez. Private to "chez": h. Private to "citez": it.
"chez" · 4 letters · shape CCVC · "citez" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "chez" for "citez" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "chez" or "citez" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "chez" and "citez" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "chez" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "citez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #308,857 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "chez" and "citez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "citera vs citez". 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 #308,857 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.