Which to use
“confirmées” is an adjective and “confirmez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #20,399
- “confirmées” frequency rank
- #38,723
- “confirmez” frequency rank
- 59122
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | confirmées | confirmez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de confirmé. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de confirmer. |
Same sound, different letters: confirmées vs confirmez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. confirmées runs 10 letters (CVCCVCCVVC) against confirmez's 9 (CVCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - confirmées and confirmez
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: confirmées and confirmez carry the same recorded pronunciation, \kɔ̃.fiʁ.me\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59122, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
confirmées is recorded at frequency rank #20,399, classified as anadj, pronounced \kɔ̃.fiʁ.me\. confirmez is at rank #38,723, tagged as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.fiʁ.me\.
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 59122, this pair ranks #104,948 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of confirmées vs confirmez
Shared letters: cefimnor. Private to "confirmées": sé. Private to "confirmez": z.
"confirmées" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVVC · "confirmez" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- confirmez ← cconfirmez · cnofirmez · cofnirmez · conffirmez · confimrez · confiremz · confirmezz · confirmmez
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "confirmées" and "confirmez" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "confirmées" or "confirmez"?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "confirmées" / "confirmez". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "confirmées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "confirmez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #104,948 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "confirmées" and "confirmez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "confiez vs confirmez". 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 #104,948 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.