Which to use
“danser” and “dansez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,481
- “danser” frequency rank
- #41,215
- “dansez” frequency rank
- 45696
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | danser | dansez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Exécuter une danse. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de danser. |
Same sound, different letters: danser vs dansez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. danser and dansez follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Same sound, different spelling - danser / dansez
This is the hard kind. danser and dansez are pronounced identically (\dɑ̃.se\) 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 “danser” becomes z in “dansez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45696, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
danser is recorded at frequency rank #4,481, classified as averb, pronounced \dɑ̃.se\. dansez is at rank #41,215, tagged as averb, pronounced \dɑ̃.se\.
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 45696, this pair ranks #200,732 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of danser vs dansez
Shared letters: adens. Private to "danser": r. Private to "dansez": z.
"danser" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "dansez" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "danser" and "dansez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "danser" or "dansez" show up more?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "danser" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dansez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #200,732 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "danser" and "dansez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dancer vs dansez". 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 #200,732 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.