Which to use
“dirigée” is a noun and “dirigez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #5,968
- “dirigée” frequency rank
- #40,214
- “dirigez” frequency rank
- 46182
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dirigée | dirigez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Celle qui est soumise à un dirigeant. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de diriger. |
Same sound, different letters: dirigée vs dirigez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Homophone desk: dirigée vs dirigez
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: dirigée and dirigez 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 46182, 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\. dirigez is at rank #40,214, 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 46182, this pair ranks #196,951 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of dirigée vs dirigez
Shared letters: degir. Private to "dirigée": é. Private to "dirigez": z.
"dirigée" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV · "dirigez" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- dirigez ← ddirigez · diirgez · dirgiez · diriegz · dirigezz · diriggez · dirigze · dirrigez
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "dirigée" and "dirigez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "dirigée" vs "dirigez" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "dirigée" / "dirigez". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "dirigée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dirigez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #196,951 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dirigée" and "dirigez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dirigera 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 #196,951 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.