Which to use
“citées” and “citez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,541
- “citées” frequency rank
- #30,525
- “citez” frequency rank
- 44066
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | citées | citez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel du verbe citer. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe citer. |
Same sound, different letters: citées vs citez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters. citées runs 6 letters (CVCVVC) against citez's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - citées and citez
This is the hard kind. citées and citez are pronounced identically (\si.te\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44066, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
citées is recorded at frequency rank #13,541, classified as averb, pronounced \si.te\. 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 44066, this pair ranks #213,317 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of citées vs citez
Shared letters: ceit. Private to "citées": sé. Private to "citez": z.
"citées" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "citez" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- citez ← ccitez · cietz · citezz · cittez · citze · ctiez · ictez
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "citées" for "citez" ever safe?
Frequency check: "citées" vs "citez" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "citées" / "citez". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "citées" 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 #213,317 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "citées" 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 #213,317 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.