Which to use
“découvrir” and “découvrirez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,328
- “découvrir” frequency rank
- #38,256
- “découvrirez” frequency rank
- 39584
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | découvrir | découvrirez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Dégarnir de ce qui couvrait. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du futur de découvrir. |
Where the eye mixes découvrir and découvrirez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. découvrir 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.
Look-alike desk: découvrir vs découvrirez
A purely visual mix-up. découvrir (\de.ku.vʁiʁ\) 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 extra letter(s) - “découvrir” sits inside “découvrirez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39584, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
découvrir is recorded at frequency rank #1,328, classified as averb, pronounced \de.ku.vʁiʁ\. 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 39584, this pair ranks #246,889 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of découvrir vs découvrirez
Shared letters: cdioruvé. Private to "découvrir": -. Private to "découvrirez": ez.
"découvrir" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVCCVC · "découvrirez" · 11 letters · shape CVCVVCCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "découvrir" for "découvrirez" ever safe?
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Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "découvrir" 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 #246,889 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "découvrir" and "découvrirez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "découvrirent vs découvrirez". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #246,889 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.