Which to use
“découvrez” and “découvrir” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,997
- “découvrez” frequency rank
- #1,328
- “découvrir” frequency rank
- 4325
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | découvrez | découvrir |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de découvrir. | Dégarnir de ce qui couvrait. |
Where the eye mixes découvrez and découvrir
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. découvrez and découvrir follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses découvrez with découvrir
A purely visual mix-up. découvrez (\de.ku.vʁe\) and découvrir (\de.ku.vʁiʁ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 4325, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
découvrez is recorded at frequency rank #2,997, classified as averb, pronounced \de.ku.vʁe\. découvrir is at rank #1,328, tagged as averb, pronounced \de.ku.vʁiʁ\.
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 4325, this pair ranks #431,885 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of découvrez vs découvrir
Shared letters: cdoruvé. Private to "découvrez": ez. Private to "découvrir": i.
"découvrez" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVCCVC · "découvrir" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "découvrez" and "découvrir" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "découvrez" or "découvrir"?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "découvrez" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "découvrir" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #431,885 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "découvrez" and "découvrir" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "découvrais vs découvrir". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #431,885 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.