considérervsconsidérezWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“considérer” and “considérez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#3,061
“considérer” frequency rank
#19,789
“considérez” frequency rank
22850
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature considérer considérez
Definition Regarder attentivement. Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de considérer.

Same sound, different letters: considérer vs considérez

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters.

10 ch
considérer
10 ch
considérez

Ear matches; page differs - considérer and considérez

This is the hard kind. considérer and considérez are pronounced identically (\kɔ̃.si.de.ʁe\) 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 a single letter - r in “considérer” becomes z in “considérez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22850, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

considérer is recorded at frequency rank #3,061, classified as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.si.de.ʁe\. considérez is at rank #19,789, tagged as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.si.de.ʁe\.

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 22850, this pair ranks #355,805 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of considérer vs considérez

Shared letters: cdeinorsé. Private to "considérer": -. Private to "considérez": z.

"considérer" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVC  ·  "considérez" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "considérer" for "considérez" ever safe?
No. They are pronounced the same (\kɔ̃.si.de.ʁe\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
In ordinary French text, does "considérer" or "considérez" show up more?
"considérer" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,061 in our French list, against #19,789 for "considérez". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've separated the homophone pair "considérer" / "considérez". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.

  • Full dictionary entry for "considérer" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "considérez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #355,805 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "considérer" and "considérez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "considères vs considérez". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #355,805 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list