Which to use
“circuler” and “circulez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,797
- “circuler” frequency rank
- #30,524
- “circulez” frequency rank
- 38321
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | circuler | circulez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Se mouvoir circulairement. Se dit des choses que leur mouvement ramène au point de départ, et principalement du sang et de la sève. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe circuler. |
Same sound, different letters: circuler vs circulez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.
Homophone desk: circuler vs circulez
This is the hard kind. circuler and circulez are pronounced identically (\siʁ.ky.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 “circuler” becomes z in “circulez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38321, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
circuler is recorded at frequency rank #7,797, classified as averb, pronounced \siʁ.ky.le\. circulez is at rank #30,524, tagged as averb, pronounced \siʁ.ky.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 38321, this pair ranks #256,089 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of circuler vs circulez
Shared letters: ceilru. Private to "circuler": -. Private to "circulez": z.
"circuler" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC · "circulez" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "circuler" for "circulez" ever safe?
Frequency check: "circuler" vs "circulez" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "circuler" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "circulez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #256,089 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "circuler" and "circulez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "calculez vs circulez". 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 #256,089 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.