Which to use
“dirigée” is a noun and “diriger” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #5,968
- “dirigée” frequency rank
- #3,911
- “diriger” frequency rank
- 9879
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dirigée | diriger |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Celle qui est soumise à un dirigeant. | Conduire en exerçant un pouvoir, un commandement. |
Same sound, different letters: dirigée vs diriger
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - dirigée and diriger
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: dirigée and diriger carry the same recorded pronunciation, \di.ʁi.ʒe\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9879, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dirigée is recorded at frequency rank #5,968, classified as anoun, pronounced \di.ʁi.ʒe\. diriger is at rank #3,911, tagged as averb, pronounced \di.ʁi.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 9879, this pair ranks #415,069 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of dirigée vs diriger
Shared letters: degir. Private to "dirigée": é. Private to "diriger": -.
"dirigée" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV · "diriger" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- diriger ← ddiriger · diirger · dirgier · diriegr · dirigerr · dirigger · dirigre · dirriger
Frequently Asked Questions
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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 "dirigée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "diriger" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #415,069 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dirigée" and "diriger" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dirigée vs dirigez". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #415,069 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.