Which to use
“continuer” and “continuez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,089
- “continuer” frequency rank
- #5,331
- “continuez” frequency rank
- 6420
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | continuer | continuez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Poursuivre ce qui est commencé. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de continuer. |
Same sound, different letters: continuer vs continuez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - continuer and continuez
This is the hard kind. continuer and continuez are pronounced identically (\kɔ̃.ti.nɥe\) 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 “continuer” becomes z in “continuez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 6420, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
continuer is recorded at frequency rank #1,089, classified as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.ti.nɥe\. continuez is at rank #5,331, tagged as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.ti.nɥe\.
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 6420, this pair ranks #426,271 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of continuer vs continuez
Shared letters: ceinotu. Private to "continuer": r. Private to "continuez": z.
"continuer" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVVC · "continuez" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "continuer" and "continuez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "continuer" or "continuez" show up more?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "continuer" / "continuez". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "continuer" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "continuez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #426,271 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "continuer" and "continuez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "continuel vs continuez". 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 #426,271 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.