Which to use
“découvrez” and “découvrit” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,997
- “découvrez” frequency rank
- #19,816
- “découvrit” frequency rank
- 22813
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | découvrez | découvrit |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de découvrir. | Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de découvrir. |
Where the eye mixes découvrez and découvrit
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. découvrez and découvrit 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 découvrit
A purely visual mix-up. découvrez (\de.ku.vʁe\) and découvrit (\de.ku.vʁi\) 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 22813, 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\. découvrit is at rank #19,816, tagged as averb, pronounced \de.ku.vʁi\.
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 22813, this pair ranks #356,035 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of découvrez vs découvrit
Shared letters: cdoruvé. Private to "découvrez": ez. Private to "découvrit": it.
"découvrez" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVCCVC · "découvrit" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "découvrez" for "découvrit" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "découvrez" or "découvrit" show up more?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "découvrez" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "découvrit" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #356,035 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "découvrez" and "découvrit" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "découvrais vs découvrit". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #356,035 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.