Which to use
“congeler” is a verb and “congelés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #36,775
- “congeler” frequency rank
- #35,437
- “congelés” frequency rank
- 72212
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | congeler | congelés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Faire passer un liquide à l’état solide. | Masculin pluriel de congelé. |
Same sound, different letters: congeler vs congelés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. congeler and congelés follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Same sound, different spelling - congeler / congelés
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: congeler and congelés carry the same recorded pronunciation, \kɔ̃ʒ.le\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is averb, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 72212, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
congeler is recorded at frequency rank #36,775, classified as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃ʒ.le\. congelés is at rank #35,437, tagged as anadj, pronounced \kɔ̃ʒ.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 72212, this pair ranks #44,800 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of congeler vs congelés
Shared letters: ceglno. Private to "congeler": r. Private to "congelés": sé.
"congeler" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC · "congelés" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- congeler ← ccongeler · cnogeler · cogneler · conegler · congeelr · congelerr · congeller · congelre
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "congeler" and "congelés" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "congeler" or "congelés"?
After this comparison
"congeler" and "congelés" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "congeler" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "congelés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #44,800 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "congeler" and "congelés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "congeler vs congélo". 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 #44,800 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.