Which to use
“conservés” is an adjective and “conservez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #10,474
- “conservés” frequency rank
- #42,241
- “conservez” frequency rank
- 52715
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | conservés | conservez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Masculin pluriel de conservé. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de conserver. |
Same sound, different letters: conservés vs conservez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.
Homophone desk: conservés vs conservez
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: conservés and conservez carry the same recorded pronunciation, \kɔ̃.sɛʁ.ve\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, 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 52715, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
conservés is recorded at frequency rank #10,474, classified as anadj, pronounced \kɔ̃.sɛʁ.ve\. conservez is at rank #42,241, tagged as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.sɛʁ.ve\.
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 52715, this pair ranks #145,791 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of conservés vs conservez
Shared letters: cenorsv. Private to "conservés": é. Private to "conservez": z.
"conservés" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC · "conservez" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- conservez ← cconservez · cnoservez · conesrvez · connservez · conserevz · conserrvez · conservezz · conservvez
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "conservés" for "conservez" ever safe?
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What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "conservés" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "conservez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #145,791 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "conservés" and "conservez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "conserva vs conservez". 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 #145,791 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.