Which to use
“décrivent” and “décrivez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,913
- “décrivent” frequency rank
- #36,359
- “décrivez” frequency rank
- 51272
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | décrivent | décrivez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de décrire. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de décrire. |
Where the eye mixes décrivent and décrivez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. décrivent runs 9 letters (CVCCVCVCC) against décrivez's 8 (CVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: décrivent vs décrivez
A purely visual mix-up. décrivent (\de.kʁiv\) and décrivez (\de.kʁi.ve\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51272, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
décrivent is recorded at frequency rank #14,913, classified as averb, pronounced \de.kʁiv\. décrivez is at rank #36,359, tagged as averb, pronounced \de.kʁi.ve\.
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 51272, this pair ranks #156,285 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of décrivent vs décrivez
Shared letters: cdeirvé. Private to "décrivent": nt. Private to "décrivez": z.
"décrivent" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCC · "décrivez" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "décrivent" and "décrivez" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "décrivent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "décrivez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #156,285 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "décrivent" and "décrivez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "décriée vs décrivez". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #156,285 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.