Which to use
“diriger” and “dirigez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,911
- “diriger” frequency rank
- #40,214
- “dirigez” frequency rank
- 44125
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | diriger | dirigez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Conduire en exerçant un pouvoir, un commandement. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de diriger. |
Same sound, different letters: diriger vs dirigez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - diriger and dirigez
This is the hard kind. diriger and dirigez are pronounced identically (\di.ʁi.ʒe\) 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 “diriger” becomes z in “dirigez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44125, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
diriger is recorded at frequency rank #3,911, classified as averb, 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 44125, this pair ranks #212,860 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of diriger vs dirigez
Shared letters: degir. Private to "diriger": -. Private to "dirigez": z.
"diriger" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "dirigez" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "diriger" and "dirigez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "diriger" vs "dirigez" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "diriger" / "dirigez". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "diriger" 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 #212,860 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "diriger" 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 #212,860 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.