Which to use
“dépêcher” and “dépêchez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #25,981
- “dépêcher” frequency rank
- #31,939
- “dépêchez” frequency rank
- 57920
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dépêcher | dépêchez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Envoyer quelqu’un en hâte avec des ordres, une commission. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de dépêcher. |
Same sound, different letters: dépêcher vs dépêchez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. dépêcher and dépêchez follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Homophone desk: dépêcher vs dépêchez
This is the hard kind. dépêcher and dépêchez are pronounced identically (\de.pe.ʃe\) 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 “dépêcher” becomes z in “dépêchez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57920, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dépêcher is recorded at frequency rank #25,981, classified as averb, pronounced \de.pe.ʃe\. dépêchez is at rank #31,939, tagged as averb, pronounced \de.pe.ʃe\.
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 57920, this pair ranks #112,142 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of dépêcher vs dépêchez
Shared letters: cdehpéê. Private to "dépêcher": r. Private to "dépêchez": z.
"dépêcher" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC · "dépêchez" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "dépêcher" and "dépêchez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "dépêcher" or "dépêchez"?
Useful next steps
"dépêcher" and "dépêchez" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "dépêcher" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dépêchez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #112,142 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dépêcher" and "dépêchez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "décocher vs dépêcher". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #112,142 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.