Which to use
“dégager” and “dégagez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,751
- “dégager” frequency rank
- #36,363
- “dégagez” frequency rank
- 42114
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dégager | dégagez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Rendre à quelqu’un sa parole, ne pas exiger qu’il tienne sa promesse, l’affranchir de la responsabilité à laquelle il était tenu. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de dégager. |
Same sound, different letters: dégager vs dégagez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. dégager and dégagez follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Ear matches; page differs - dégager and dégagez
This is the hard kind. dégager and dégagez are pronounced identically (\de.ɡa.ʒe\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by a single letter - r in “dégager” becomes z in “dégagez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42114, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dégager is recorded at frequency rank #5,751, classified as averb, pronounced \de.ɡa.ʒe\. dégagez is at rank #36,363, tagged as averb, pronounced \de.ɡa.ʒe\.
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 42114, this pair ranks #228,121 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of dégager vs dégagez
Shared letters: adegé. Private to "dégager": r. Private to "dégagez": z.
"dégager" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "dégagez" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "dégager" and "dégagez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "dégager" vs "dégagez" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "dégager" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dégagez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #228,121 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dégager" and "dégagez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dégages vs dégagez". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #228,121 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.