Which to use
“confond” and “confondez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,342
- “confond” frequency rank
- #36,774
- “confondez” frequency rank
- 49116
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | confond | confondez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de confondre. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de confondre. |
Where the eye mixes confond and confondez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. confond runs 7 letters (CVCCVCC) against confondez's 9 (CVCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: confond vs confondez
A purely visual mix-up. confond (\kɔ̃.fɔ̃\) and confondez (\kɔ̃.fɔ̃.de\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “confond” sits inside “confondez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49116, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
confond is recorded at frequency rank #12,342, classified as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.fɔ̃\. confondez is at rank #36,774, tagged as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.fɔ̃.de\.
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 49116, this pair ranks #173,365 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of confond vs confondez
Shared letters: cdfno. Private to "confond": -. Private to "confondez": ez.
"confond" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC · "confondez" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "confond" and "confondez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "confond" vs "confondez" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "confond" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "confondez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #173,365 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "confond" and "confondez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "confondez vs confondue". 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 #173,365 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.