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Which to use

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

#2,997
“découvrez” frequency rank
#38,256
“découvrirez” frequency rank
41253
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature découvrez découvrirez
Definition Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de découvrir. Deuxième personne du pluriel du futur de découvrir.

Where the eye mixes découvrez and découvrirez

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. découvrez runs 9 letters (CVCVVCCVC) against découvrirez's 11 (CVCVVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
découvrez
11 ch
découvrirez

Look-alike desk: découvrez vs découvrirez

A purely visual mix-up. découvrez (\de.ku.vʁe\) and découvrirez (\de.ku.vʁi.ʁe\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41253, 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\. découvrirez is at rank #38,256, tagged as averb, pronounced \de.ku.vʁi.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 41253, this pair ranks #234,443 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of découvrez vs découvrirez

Shared letters: cdeoruvzé. Private to "découvrez": -. Private to "découvrirez": i.

"découvrez" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVCCVC  ·  "découvrirez" · 11 letters · shape CVCVVCCVCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "découvrez" and "découvrirez" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\de.ku.vʁe\ versus \de.ku.vʁi.ʁe\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "découvrez" vs "découvrirez" - which ranks higher?
"découvrez" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,997 in our French list, against #38,256 for "découvrirez". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

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 "découvrirez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #234,443 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "découvrez" and "découvrirez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "découvrirent vs découvrirez". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #234,443 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