Which to use
“dirigées” is a noun and “diriger” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #14,011
- “dirigées” frequency rank
- #3,911
- “diriger” frequency rank
- 17922
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dirigées | diriger |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de dirigée. | Conduire en exerçant un pouvoir, un commandement. |
Same sound, different letters: dirigées vs diriger
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - dirigées and diriger
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: dirigées 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17922, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dirigées is recorded at frequency rank #14,011, 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 17922, this pair ranks #380,813 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of dirigées vs diriger
Shared letters: degir. Private to "dirigées": sé. Private to "diriger": -.
"dirigées" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC · "diriger" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- diriger ← ddiriger · diirger · dirgier · diriegr · dirigerr · dirigger · dirigre · dirriger
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "dirigées" for "diriger" ever safe?
Frequency check: "dirigées" vs "diriger" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
"dirigées" and "diriger" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "dirigées" 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 #380,813 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dirigées" and "diriger" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dirigées vs dirigeons". 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 #380,813 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.