Which to use
“dirigées” is a noun and “dirigez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #14,011
- “dirigées” frequency rank
- #40,214
- “dirigez” frequency rank
- 54225
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dirigées | dirigez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de dirigée. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de diriger. |
Same sound, different letters: dirigées vs dirigez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - dirigées / dirigez
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: dirigées 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54225, 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\. 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 54225, this pair ranks #135,412 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of dirigées vs dirigez
Shared letters: degir. Private to "dirigées": sé. Private to "dirigez": z.
"dirigées" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC · "dirigez" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- dirigez ← ddirigez · diirgez · dirgiez · diriegz · dirigezz · diriggez · dirigze · dirrigez
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "dirigées" for "dirigez" ever safe?
Which is more common, "dirigées" or "dirigez"?
Useful next steps
"dirigées" and "dirigez" 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 "dirigez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #135,412 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dirigées" 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 #135,412 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.